Why do I freeze and feel panicked in class or group discussions, despite having sought professional help?

Answer : (Psychological explanation): Aarush what you are going through is something that happens to a lot of people. It is called anxiety with a freeze response. This is very common in classrooms where you feel like people are watching you and waiting for you to say something. Even if you get help from a doctor or a therapist you might still feel tightness in your chest. You might feel like you cannot remember anything. This happens because your body has learned to think that speaking up in class is a thing. When you get really anxious your brain does something. It stops you from remembering things and finding the words. That is why you might know the answer to a question. You cannot say it out loud when it really matters. Social anxiety, with a freeze response is a part of this problem. It actually makes fear and panic come back again and again. If therapy does not seem to be working that does not mean it is not going to work at all. It just means that the fear response is very strong and it needs to be worked on times a little bit, at a time. This is because fear is something that people learn and it is also something that happens in the body. It is not because someone is weak or not smart. The fear response is a thing and it is also learned so it takes time to change it. (Astrology - symbolic, not causal): Some people who study the stars think that this can make you more aware of what's going on around you and more sensitive to what people say about you. But this is a way of understanding things. It does not actually make you feel a certain way. Your Virgo Sun does not mean you will have panic attacks or get very nervous in situations and it does not mean you will freeze up when things get tough. Many people who have the Virgo Sun as you are very confident when they talk, which just shows that it is not something that decides how your life will go. Your anxiety is shaped by nervous-system learning and self-pressure, not planetary placement. Healing comes through patience, exposure, and self-compassion and not through fate written in a birth chart.