Wow, drill sergeant has to be one of the most effective methods for working through anxiety! You know I notice the more confident I am, the less I really care about how I sound, and the more fluent I am. That's where I am though, stricken with anxiety just trying to speak on the mf phone. I used to talk all the time on the phone, with complete strangers ... for hours multiple times a day. And when I worked out of the home - phone calls galore! It's a trap that keeps getting worse, with the only way out being exposure. Terrifying for me. I need a drill sergeant haha.