Should i email?

7-8 months ago I was volunteering at a brand new lottery funded youth centre. It cost millions. It was an incredible environment and somthing I enjoyed. The manager was also asking if I would be interested in a job.

Problem is, at the same time I was suffering from depression and social anxiety, my anxiety got to the point in which I couldn't face leaving the house let alone the bus or the crowded building itself. I never went back, I also didn't email the manager nor did he contact me.

I was and still am ashamed of my depression/social anxiety, I didn't tell anyone about it hence why I didn't email him. I feel the need to apologise, I was there for work experience as part of a course but got on so well with him and enjoyed the work so much that I carried on for a month after the course ended. It was a last min thing and he was doing me a favor, I owed him an explination.

that is my main incentive but a small part of me wonders if regaining contact could also lead to more volunteer work

But after this long I think it'd be weird to apologise now also I'm not at all comfortable mentioning depression and especially social anxiety to someone I don't know that well, due to anxiety I already assume people think i'm weird so i assume he'd read the email and laugh or just think i'm a freak

It was great experience and seemed like the start of my dream career. What should I do?

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  • dirtybirdy

    You could email him and apologize without giving the details of your depression and anxiety. You could say there was family emergency or something like that and let him know how much the experience meant to you and it would be great if it were possible for you to be involved again.

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    • That's a good Idea, thank you my feathered friend :)

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      • dirtybirdy

        I hope it all works out for you, mysterious one =)

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