I can't take small social steps. I want to be able to hold a complete conversation (and I get very frustrated when I can't). Using the phone or going out to the supermarket gives me lots of anxiety because I have no confidence and I have to build it up when I do these things every day. I'm 59 and it's too late to work on these things. Thanks for all of the suggestions.

I can write because I got a good education and had a good writing course in college. (Don't ask me how I got thru college because I couldn't hold a conversation to save my life.)