Feeling restless Trouble keeping track of or remembering things Trouble getting your work done, solving problems, making decisions, or concentrating In general, the symptoms of chronic stress are the same as those for shorter-term stress. You may not have all these symptoms, but if you have mor...
Being a cop is a pretty thankless job, doing the work of social workers and doctors and teachers and parents and also law enforcement officers in a world that becomes ever more friable and tense. They must be frustrated as hell. But that’s no excuse for killing and harrassing Black peopl...
Flightrefers to the instinct to run away, hide, protect yourself—you may also be restless and fidgety. Freezeis exactly what it sounds like—you remain motionless, in dread of what’s about to happen. Whether you fight, flight or freeze, it all begins the same way: in the brain, when...
slouching backwards, letting the eyes wonder, gazing into the distance, sighing heavily, yawning, crossing and re-crossing the arms and legs, fiddling with pens, eyeglasses or papers, doodling, pointing the body away from the speaker, shifting weight, moving the head from ...
Pacifying language tells us that the mind is not at ease, and it is attempting to restore the body’ natural state. Suckling body language essentially turns us back into babies or at least indicates to others our need for self-soothing due to emotional stress. Adults that are tense or ...
on occasion they move from the side to the front to listen to sounds in the veterinary rooms. He seems restless and sits on the floor before pacing around the room with tail tucked and body slightly lowered. With his tail still tucked, he walks over to the door and sniffs underneath it...
Happy and Relaxed Posture:Relaxed, not tense in any way Mouth:Closed or slightly open Eyes:Normal shape and size, may be halfway closed Ears:Relaxed and in their normal position Tail:Extended, relaxed and still Upset or Nervous Posture:Pacing and restless, or frozen and still to assess a ...