I overthink myself, but this seems to happen a lot for my friend and I'm not sure if it's some sort of anxiety?
She will often worry about interactions after they've happened and whether she said the right thing or made a fool of herself.
At lunch someone might come along to our table to chat and then after they've gone she'll ask me 'Did I sound ok there? Did I say anything stupid?' She doesn't sound stupid at all and I always do my best to reassure her.
We're on a group WhatsApp with some other colleagues and she made a comment that someone lightly mocked. For the next hour she seemed embarrassed about it and asked me if she'd said something cringy.
We went for a coffee and it was a bit slippy outside so she warned the elderly woman coming out, which was nice of her.
Then she said to me 'I hope I wasn't overstepping there, do you think I was?'
I always try my best to reassure her. I can overthink too and can be slightly anxious but sometimes I worry about her and I'm starting to recently. She seems happy in her marriage and I know she's slightly unhappy at work but she says she's always been like this.
Is there anything else I can do other than keep reassuring her? She has a jokey nature, not offensive but then after she'll ruminate about jokes and decide they were too cringy. She's mid 40s. Just getting a little worried about her.