Have you ever had levels of anxiety that basically prevent you from doing anything productive?
@jerry 100%
When I get paralyzed, I fall back on advice I got decades ago as an Auxiliary cop, directing traffic for the first time:
When things got out of hand in a 4 way intersection the training officer said “stop everyone, take a deep breath, and start again. Start with one lane, then add another. Think about who can move. They are the only ones to worry about. Everyone else waits their turn. Focus on what YOU can do now, not what everyone else wants to do.”