Talk To Me: My work colleague is getting on my nerves 

Psychologist Caroline Martin is here to answer your questions on whatever issues you are dealing with in life, from work pressure and stress to loneliness and grief

I’ve tried to ignore him and keep my head down but I’m finding it difficult to focus on my work.

I’m sitting close to a male colleague who is getting on my nerves. He finds it hard to stay still for more than a few minutes and tends to sigh a lot. He also comments on virtually everything that is happening in the office. I’ve tried to ignore him and keep my head down but I’m finding it difficult to focus on my work.

A few months ago, we could make our work colleagues disappear with a simple button. We had so much more control over our interactions when working remotely, and we could raise the volume and lower the volume when fellow employees were speaking.