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• Heart-rate is over 80-100 beats per minute. Depending on how fit you are,<br />
this may be lower. You can track your heart rate by checking your own<br />
pulse and timing it with a clock or if you’re really motivated you can<br />
purchase a heart monitor.<br />
• Shallow breathing in the chest<br />
• Muscles tightening<br />
• Tongue rises to top of your mouth<br />
• Looking away from partner with a desire to leave the scene<br />
• Tunnel vision<br />
• Drive to flight, fight or freeze.<br />
• Unable to hear what your partner’s saying<br />
• Impulsive responses<br />
• A sense of overwhelm, of losing a sense boundaries or a sense that you’ve<br />
lost control.