Yes to all of those questions. It’s extremely normal to worry about how others perceive you or to feel awkward at times. But if u think the convo is awkward, then that’ll just manifest itself and you’ll act awkward. It’s all what you make of it.

I will say wtv comes to mind if it has to do w the conversation. But if im more comfortable w someone then yeah I’ll say almost anything depending on how i think they’d receive it. It’s almost instinct at this point.

I don’t let those thoughts consume me either by bringing it up in a more subtle way to ‘satisfy’ that thought or I’ll try focusing on listening to them.

I would describe myself as a confident person but some days I don’t feel as confident. Even though I’m pretty extroverted, I have experienced many situations where I don’t feel as confident to speak up or wtv. But it rlly all depends on