I have no problem in professional meetings, but once things turn personal my brain shuts off. That's a problem.

I was in a staff meeting where everyone went around the table giving an update on what they are working on. No problem and it was interesting to hear about some of the other projects. Then, somehow, for some (unknown) reason things became personal and everyone started talking about personal things and I was the one with nothing to say. I suppose that would have been okay and then someone asked how come I became so silent. Things only got worse from there...