The visitor experienced a racing heart in meetings and unfamiliar settings, avoided speaking, and treated silence as chart-determined introversion. A chart cannot diagnose social anxiety. With professional guidance, she built a graded exposure ladder: written questions, small-group comments, then a brief presentation. She practiced breathing, prepared opening lines, and recorded actual outcomes. Anxiety did not disappear, but avoidance decreased. The goal was not becoming extroverted; it was retaining choice while anxious.