BP Joe,
You are like my twin separated at birth. On so many topics, your posts are pretty spot on for me. On this one you are close but a little different. My social anxiety often takes the form of overthinking. I will still make phone calls, but I will plan exactly what I am going to say so I won't trip over words and sound stupid. I am talking about simple calls like scheduling service for my car. I get flustered easily - the simple calendar app will suddenly become difficult to use. I try to explain myself too much (this is why I try to plan what I will say). I feel like everyone will question why I think what I think and that my answers might not be good enough.

My superpower is I am not deathly afraid of being perceived as stupid sometimes. It is something I want to avoid, but I don't let fear of it shut me down. I cannot make myself not fear the possibility of it happening so I have managed to make the consequence less of a concern. So what if some guy who schedules car service at the dealer thinks I am nervous and stupid? Yeah, it bugs me a little and I will try to keep it from happening but I will go ahead and make the call. That's all I got...