I have had anxiety for 6 years now and it has improved dramatically. At one point leaving the house was an issue but now I have been working full time for 3 years and things have improved considerably.
However, I have anxiety when my boss has to observe my work and it makes me go to pieces. Each time I get feedback to improve on X that I overlooked and then I will but leave out Y which will become the focus of my next target. I will get Y in my next observation and leave out Z...iyswim.
I want to draw this pattern to the attention of my boss as I don't see it very productive to keep giving me targets to improve on XYZ when it just means something else will get left out. I would rather my target be think of strategies to tackle the anxiety which will mean I feel more in tune when being observed and therefore will get XY and Z in every time. She seemed quite patronising at my feedback this week saying its clearly not ingrained and if I did it everyday as routine then I would not forget. I am reluctant to mention the anxiety as another colleague was off sick with this last year and my boss was very pro active in trying to get rid of her. Do I mention it to my boss in my appraisal this week following this observation so she understands why it keeps happening and I get a suitable target?