Especially to people you don't know very well.

I'm an honest person, I don't like lies, but I'm also terrified of people judging me or not fitting in... Those two things don't always go together very well when you're meeting people for the first time and they're trying to get to know you!

I remember when I was talking to a colleague I hadn't known for very long at that time. I guess we were talking about friendship because at one point she commented. "Surely you must have some friends. Everyone has friends!" Nope, I really don't...... But her comment made me really scared that if I said that, she would think I'm weird.

And then there's the even more tricky situation of job interviews. Most companies want someone confident, social, who will fit into the team. That's just not me, I'm usually the outsider. But that doesn't mean that work-wise, I can't be a valuable asset to a team!
In my last interview they asked me "How do you integrate into a team?" and that made me panick for a moment. The truth is I don't, but that wouldn't score me any positive points! Luckily for me they expanded the question and also asked how I did that in my previous job - that was the one time I actually did feel like I fit in (at least in the beginning) so I could answer how that went. But I think from my answer it still became obvious that I'm not really the social type.