I feel stupid, slow and inept.

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I don't have any friends.

One only but he thinks I'm quite "needy" and doesn't want me to talk about this kind of personal stuff.

Maybe your only way forward is to talk to a career advisor then, to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses profile.

Looking needy to others is something that tends to drive people away. Or it can attract people, but the wrong kind.

There are things I do that I feel stupid, clumsy and inept at. It seems to depend on whether or not I have an audience. My ineptitude increases in proportion to the number of people watching me.

Do you know if when you are doing something with no one watching...are you better than if someone is watching (and possibly evaluating) you?

You might be able to get accommodations to have just one other person working with you. Maybe there is a lab class with an odd person out.

My DIL teaches special education in Sweden, so I assume there are special education programs which hopefully have accommodations.

One of my biggest assets in growing up and in college was that I was, and still am, very stubborn. I remember a chemistry lab I had where I was really beaten down because I couldn't do the work.

Maybe you could be stubborn enough to find out what accommodations your uni might offer and keep asking.