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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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You body is pumping blood in your muscles to make them ready for action, which means your hearth rate goes up. This is completely normal and without it you would be vulnerable.

Taking deep breaths helps you stay in control of this response.

Also realize that there is a reason why your body decided to give you an adrenalin dump and get you in fight or flight mode, your instincts might have spotted the danger, while your mind is filtering what it sees through your experience and is getting blinded by stuff like "social norms", "if I overreact I might get in trouble with the law", "I might lose my job if I bash his head against the wall repeatedly" and other irrelevant stuff your ancient and fine tuned instincts don't give a shit about.

I've been in quite a few fights and confrontations, if you have any additional questions ask away.

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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.