Hi Ripley, yes, all of these things that you mention are familiar to me. I have worked on these things and made quite a bit of progress. I used to be really a mess when out with people! I used to blush, try to hide and get really anxious. I have worked beyond these issues and now I can stay calm, if I blush it is okay and I never need to hide anymore. I'm beyond these basic issues but I obviously still have further to go and on this end the issues aren't so concrete anymore and are much harder to identify. Thanks for your post!