To wonder why some people make me nervous?

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In the workplace some people make me feel confident and capable whereas others make me feel nervous and incompetant. Those who make me feel nervous also means that i make more mistakes....especially if im being micro managed.
Feeling really down about this today. How can i stop people making me nervous? I am a student so have virtually no power to protest.

I don't know. I have no answers but I didn't want you hanging there with no replies! I do know that some people make one feel very secure and others unnerve us. No idea what it is - pheromones in some cases and in other cases it is because they are projecting some subtle hostility. SO in other words, sometimes the uneasy feeling is justified and other times it is not. Best just get the work done and try not to over think things.

Those people who are sort of jittery or highly strung you mean? Who give off this feel if uncertainty and you never feel safe around them and their energy is draining?
Just ignore and do the best you can, if you don’t know what you’re doing do it neatly or ask for help.
All of the most accomplished and very knowledgable professionals I know are the first to admit when they don’t know something and they are the first to learn how to do it and to do it to perfection.

And also, never talk the talk unless you can actually deliver on your promises because people will see through that and try and catch you out.
Be absolutely honest about what you know inside-out, about what you are currently training on and about what you intend to learn in the future, it sets the right expectations and support.
The best advice I can give you about life in the work place is to keep it separate from your personal life and don’t show your emotional vulnerabilities or any personal problems. Don’t get too cozy, there are a lot of two-faced people around and you can’t trust everybody. This goes for both boys and girls.

Oh I am so with I'm you. I am a couple of months into a new role with more responsibility. One of the directors I deal with is pleasant, may offer constructive criticism but doesn't make me feel like crap. Another made me nervous and is so inconsistent (sometimes OTT nice and other times blunt to the point of rude) it made me feel incompetent and stutter over things I say!
My advice is to read www.amazon.co.uk/Surrounded-Idiots-Behavior-Effectively-Communicate/dp/1250179947 it made me realise that it's not personal and was much easier to deal with.

I could have posted this yesterday! OP I seem to remember we are doing the same course, I absolutely understand.
Not sure I have any solution, I was working yesterday with somebody who is quite sharp and impatient and I just felt totally incompetent! I had to keep just taking deep breaths and ploughing on. It got better

My supervisor is like this with me (and I'm old. ) She tends to micro manage and it's hard to be normal around her.
Some people just put me on edge.

My boss makes me feel like this too OP. It’s frustrating as the incompetent feelings are now making me wary of applying for other roles.