@loribmt. Lori, your set of introvert "symptoms" are exactly the same as
mine. I can teach confidently a class of 25 adult students, but put me in a social setting and I just want to run and hide. I can be flamboyantly annoying in familiar surroundings and yet a quiet wallflower in social settings, as well as feeling somewhat of a nervous wreck for some time afterward. I'm always so relieved once the gathering is over and i'm safely home and alone again!
Since I now live at an Assisted Living seniors residence and eventually broke through all of that to feel welcome and loved around here, the big fear now looming in my near future is having to transfer to a Long Term Care facility in a different city and having to face many new people and circumstances. I'm trying to look upon it as a new adventure, but many times each day that old familiar fear grabs at my heart and I find myself dreading this new upcoming experience. My mantra - Under all this manure, there must be a pony somewhere. I'm sure there'll be a pony over there in my new residence!