One other approach would be to do it your way. Being accepted is nice, being yourself is too. For me it is some point in between.
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Yes, this is normal. It's how being. Part of a society works. Everybody learns the conventions at some point and often just by mimicking.
No one has all the answers. Some might think they do and some might get close, but there's always something there to throw a wrench in what we know.
That's why the best answer is to simply not give a fuck. Learn what you can, take failures as lessons but try not to fuck up too bad. If you do fuck up, fuck up with glee knowing you can always be the one to throw the wrench and that no one else really knows what they're doing.
I've had this for the most time, social fear with exactly that thinking. I did overcome it in the last years though. I can't really explain how but I internalized that other people can be like that too, so you're not alone, and that when there are no rules, you can behave how it's comfortable to you and that's 100% fine.
I'm bad about watching others in a not very graceful way. I end up staring for to long and it gets weird.