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I often see it just as overwhelm. Too many conflicting things happening at the same time, wanting attention, not knowing where to put it, and just kinda giving up.

Lately I've been seeing life as consistent conflicts, framing it as "emotional combat," and then ironically it calms me down, because I recognize that the one conflict in front of my face is not necessarily the one causing all the feelings I perceive in me or in other people.

There can be some social anxiety in large groups depending on the audience too, I think. "if I say something and it's incorrect my boss is in this call" is a very different environment from a smaller chat.

There German word for that is Verantwortungsdiffusion (responsibility diffusion)

Sensory overload is one of the terms of practice

Not to ignore that the complex manifold of interlocking conflicting social rules can add further friction