Nothing strikes more fear into the heart of a pilot than the dreaded checkride.
Despite the stress, the butterflies and the stupid mistakes, thousands of pilots each year manage to take a checkride and pass it. E verybody takes checkrides. In a 17-year career as a DPE, and having administered over four thousand flight tests as a DPE, I believe I have seen chickitis in virtually all its forms. I had several techniques for accomplishing this. Therefore, I would tell the applicant that I expect and want him or her to pass.