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When Your Body Knows the Real Stakes

My hands shake uncontrollably when I have to speak up at work, but I'm fine giving presentations to strangers.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The nervous system responds to unconscious assessments of actual versus perceived safety in different social contexts.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Somatic symptoms — when the body holds the mind?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.