Your post is totally me. I get really anxious before calling people, anyone, a friend or a government agency. I have to rehearse what I'm going to say before I call, it's ridiculous. I also tend to zone out during long convos mainly because I'm so hypervigilant about all the convos going on around me. I don't check my voicemail because I get too anxious about who left a message. I rarely check email because I get anxious doing that. I have to psych myself up to go to the grocery store...it's all very boring I wish I could just turn the thoughts off.