I can relate… If it is worth doing, it must be done 100% right, first try, zero margin for error, no rehearsals, no practise round.
Like rocket science!
(Except I know that’s not how rocket science is done, either, but somehow that thought refuses to sink in)
Conversations with people who constantly look for hidden meanings can be really exhausting, when you just want to be understood correctly with a clear explanation the first time
Yes, it feels a bit like every one else is paranoid.