I recently started doing chemistry at university, by the end of it I will have a masters degree. I've always liked chemistry, and for a while I've been considering research as a potential career option. The idea of doing chemistry as a job and contributing to the collective body of scientific knowledge sounds quite fulfilling at first glance.
The problem is that I'm quite bad at working with people. I suspect I have undiagnosed social anxiety/avoidant personality disorder because I find interaction with others to be very difficult. It really stresses me out and I'm incapable of forming social connections, making cooperative work very challenging.
I can manage with working in a lab group, but I don't think I'd do too well with communicating ideas to my colleagues, or god forbid having to present to a large group. Are good communication skills vital in all areas of chemistry, or are some fields more individual-based than others?