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Originally Posted by costello
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It's more than his eyes. It's the way he walks and stands. Huge tension. And it seems like even his breathing changes but that's probably my imagination. He has complained of breathing problems - unable to take a deep breath. It's hard to know if psychological tension is feeding into physical tension. Or vice versa. Or a cycle?
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You really seem tuned in to him in an extraordinary way.
I think you are probably right about the feedback loop keeping the tension going, and finding ways to alleviate it (like his response to the cat) would help break that cycle.
Psychological tension and distress certainly has a whole body response.
When I had been working for a certain large corporate company for a decade, I saw a psychologist about the distress I had been experiencing. She was astounded that I had stuck it out for so long. She advised me to change jobs and find a life style that was better suited to me, before the stress of working in an organisation I hated so much totally destroyed me. The physical symptoms included regular bronchitis, sinusitis, and finally several months off work with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I never fully recovered from that.