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Also, have you found ways to mitigate your body's response to this and other responses, like narrowed vision , inabity to really think , or get the "big picture " ?

Also, have you found ways to mitigate your body's response to this and other responses, like narrowed vision , inabity to really think , or get the "big picture " ?

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I been in lotsa scrapes , but sometimes my breathing starts ramping up and I get that tunnel vision where I'm hyper focused on the perceived threat , usually when it's an unexpected thing.

Once that breathing shit starts I'm kinda fucked , still can't get that under control.

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Would you say that you breathing gets too intense as it might take away from you to fight properly if it comes to that, or your talking/reasoning skills go out the window? Does it happen sometimes where threat is not "real" and you get an adrenaline dump, let's, from you collogue startling you or something similar? If some questions are getting too personal, just ignore them or we can talk in DM.

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No , it's not an inappropriate response , coworker , family member startling me , etc

It's like this , if I expect some kind of altercation , no big deal , it's when I'm blindsided so to speak , not expecting it . Then I get the overwhelming adrenaline dump , rapid breathing , tight chest , hyper focus etc.

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Ok, I get it now.

I guess the trick is to never let your guard down and always be in the "yellow zone" when you are out and about. Don't allow anything surprise you.

This "yellow zone" is from a book I read a while back, it's called "On Combat" written by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Loren W. Christensen, it's a collection of researches based on how body and mind function while under the stress of combat. Here is a chart from the book that explains zones of "arousal": https://pic8.co/sh/WlvXJv.png

There is a whole chapter on that in the book so I can't be covered in this single comment, but I would highly recommend you get it and read it, as it will give you a good answer to the question you asked.

This is part of the description what book is about:

On Combat looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing, visual and auditory perception, memory - then discusses new research findings as to what measures warriors can take to prevent such debilitations so they can stay in the fight, survive, and win.