The purpose of the ego is to protect us. So what our mind is doing is its anticipating this negative emotion. We already feel pretty useless anyway before we went to this party. And all that's going to do is confirm our suspicions, and if it confirms our suspicions, we're be more hopeless. So best leave now. What are they terrified of? If everyone is telling you, you just got to do it, you justgot to do it,. And you do it and it doesn't work, what then you're screwedthen there's no hope.