One of those . . . anyways, dude had a problem entirely unrelated to yours BUT in order to correct it he had to go and speak to some people and he had some anxiety about that similar to yours. Her advice was to treat it like an acting exercise. (dude was in some kind of drama class) You know, don't be YOU exactly. Instead be a character in a play that is doing a scene where he applies for apartments. You took drama right?
I dunno. I can see where you are coming from. Kinda like the first time you used Food Stamps I figure. Once you make an application or two it will probably go away. But you are a damn the torpedoes kind of guy so you'll work it out.
Hey you know, you might just need a friend, a buddy go with you the first couple times for moral support.
It's like a perfect crystallized form of stupid. It's almost beautiful.