How do you feel in public or social situations?

I just need to know how normal people feel when they walk into a room. Do you want to shield your face so nobody looks at you and are you constantly nervous someone is looking at you and thinking the worst or that you’ll mess up your words when you talk so you reverse them in your head over and over and also how does it feel to eat in from of other people? Does everyone have these feelings to an extent?

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DDonde · 31-35, M

I feel fine in public and in crowds when I can come and go as I please. Most people are completely uninterested in my existence in most places. It does bother me though in public places if I feel like my solo presence as a man is imposing to others or if I feel like I'm taking up someone else's spot.

My main social anxiety issues though is two different things: when either I have to stay in close proximity to others for protracted amount of time (I can't leave - feeling trapped), or when I am required to socialize with a small group people I don't know as well as close friends/family.
It is less stressful for me to perform music for a large group than it is for me to socially entertain a room of 5 or 6 strangers.