That is really weird turtle! I'm GAD too and remember my public speaking course and how I decided for one speech I was just going to have notes and talk from them instead of reading my speech and I got up there and froze and just had to sit down; the teacher was saying, "that's okay, just take a deep breath and start over" and I'm saying, "I want to sit down! I want to sit down!" LOL.

But I also remember the evaluations in that class and the teacher had written that I was standing with my legs too far apart. That was back in the days where we still had to wear skirts/dresses to class and I was mortified for some reason. Criticism/evaluation sure doesn't make us feel better.