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Why Your Body Betrays You During Disagreements

When people disagree with me I can physically feel my chest tighten and my voice gets higher and I start talking faster even though I know it makes me less persuasive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Emotional reactivity hijacks both physical presence and mental clarity, undermining authentic communication.

Ideas that help explain it
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