I have generalized anxiety and social anxiety. The word “generalized” makes me laugh a bit. It sounds very official for saying that my brain can take almost nothing and find itself some work to do.
Around other people, I observe a lot. I listen to what's being said, I notice the tone, I try to understand how I'm being received. Sometimes, I'm still deciding how to say something and the conversation has already moved on. Good thing if it was a bad joke. Too bad if it was a good one.
I like it when a conversation just takes off on its own. Sometimes I feel like talking and still hold myself back. From the outside, it looks like someone who doesn't have much to say. Inside, I've sometimes already tried three versions of the same sentence.
And sometimes, the first one would've done the job just fine.