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Stress hits. Your brain reads life like a threat. Could be an email….your kid or dog screaming. Could be your own thoughts being an asshole. Your amygdala (brain panic center) pulls the fire alarm and shuts down your prefrontal cortex (reason & logic). Your body flips the breaker to survival mode. Breath changes immediately. The top of your chest takes over. Your inhales get sharp and short. Exhales fall off a cliff. You start hoarding oxygen and dumping carbon dioxide too fast. That CO2 drop tr