Thats just it - "feeling like you are in trouble" is reacting in the distant distant past. I used to get physically ill like shaking when a boss called me to their office. That wasnt them, that was the physical reaction to my mother, who i had learned to avoid as a small child.
I could be wrong, but it would be the first time.
Woody Allen said the secet to his success was that he just showed up. This was the pre-married his stepchild Woody.