Over the weekend I went on a training course. I won't bore you with the details (I'm sure most of you have been on these things). The people who ran it were knowledgeable and professional, and the other students were very pleasant. I have no complaints at all. Unfortunately, it was much harder than I expected. We were shown certain techniques, then asked to demonstrate them. My mind went blank. And I mean blank. I forgot literally every technique seconds after being shown what to do. God it was embarrassing.
The problem, I think, is that I'm an extreme introvert and found it impossible to shut out the presence of other people. I had this problem when I took up karate. Has anyone else experienced this? What can I do about it? If I had been left alone for a day to study a video of the various techniques, I could have repeated them all, no problem. But when people are standing around me, it's like all my mental energy drains away and I turn into Forest Gump. I have to go back and do the second phase next month. How do I stop my mind being overwhelmed so that I can take in the information?