[Professor Willow]

Originally Posted by ThatCreativeOne

I'd feel confident because I knew word for word what I was going to say so I felt in control of the situation. Where as put me in a social situation with a group of people and I don't handle it well because I don't know what's going to happen!

I think you've hit the nail on the head there, if we could actually control or predict other peoples actions there would be nothing to be anxious about, but as it happens we can't, we onlythink we can predict what others will say or how they will react and usually we make an incorrect negative prediction.