one other person. that’s not bad; you can scan window-door-person, to look for possible threats.
now say you’re in a bigger room, with ten people. keeping track is much harder, and it’s easier to get overwhelmed.
it goes up to a whole new level if you’re in a grocery store, a mall, or a football stadium. now, there’s just no way to keep track of it all. just thinking about it, you might start to feel your heart rate speeding up a bit – that’s your reflex, getting ready to fight or flee.
take a moment. breathe. you’re not there right now.
see what just happened there? that feeling started, even though you were 