I have this very specific and embarrassing issue. When I'm in an important meeting, interview, or worse, a case interview, about halfway or three quarters of the way through... I get the urge to use the bathroom. Then I have to excuse myself because my bowels don't know how to behave. Is this a nerves thing?

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I think it's nerves. When people are uncomfortable, many times they will have stomach issues. I interviewed a client, who i am sure was not being completely forthright, and he was having many gastro issues while we discussed certain aspects of his divorce. It was a tell for me to watch this happen during our meeting.

Be confident in your meeting and the knowledge you retain that is being asked. That's the best advice i can give because the body reveals the unspoken thoughts of the heart and subconcious mind.

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