My inability to talk is related to increased social anxiety at meetings or in large groups of people. If I’m at a meeting of more than 4 persons, I will freeze up and barely want to say anything. So I can say maybe a few things and am unable to speak in more detail like I would prefer to be able to. If it is a meeting not about work, I’m still nervous to say much in a group, but it’s not as stress inducing. Work gives me quite a bit of stress and did have pressure from my mom early in my career to go into some jobs that were not me at all.