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When Physical Symptoms Sabotage Professional Performance

My hands shake every time I have to give a presentation at work and yesterday I threw up in the bathroom beforehand even though I've been doing this job for three years.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nervous system is creating physical barriers to actions that the mind knows are safe and necessary.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Stress and the nervous system?”

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