People scare me.  It seems silly to worry about judgments when everyone worries about getting judged (and nearly everyone is judged in some way or another).  So why does it send me into near paralysis whenever I'm around people?

And how do I overcome that?

How do I overcome the conditioning that I shouldn't be talking to people at all?  That I'm doing or saying the wrong things?  Maybe I shouldn't overcome that conditioning.  Maybe Daniel was trying to keep me safe when he said things like that.

Maybe I really do deserve to be alone.