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When feedback in front of others makes you shut down

One-on-one, I can take hard feedback and actually work with it. But the second it happens in a room full of people, something slams shut in me; I go stiff, my face freezes, and I can't hear a word. Later, alone, I can finally think about what they said, but in the moment I'm just gone.

Aurelius
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

You handle feedback fine in private but shut down completely when it comes in front of others.

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