Are You Having a Negative Emotional Association With the Action?

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There is a situation where i don't like talking in public. And that's or where i get uneasy. You're suggesting that's because it didn't go well in the past. Is that what you're thinking, tha, is causing me to be so anxious about? I think it's one possibility. There could be a lot of explanation,. but i think that the real explanation, somehow, is something that causes the emotional i wer ban to have a negative aut come experitionlo"

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