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Client Handout - Window of Tolerance

What are the signals I must attend to that I am beginning to feel uneasy, agitated, desperate?

Circle what you are feeling: hypervigilant overwhelmed enraged terrified shaking sweating
scared panicked panting heart rate increase angry on guard anxious
sensitive uneasy edgy stressed restless jittery worried frazzled tense
Hyperarousal
What do I notice when I feel alert but safe?
What is my breathing like?

What does my body feel like?

What thoughts am I having?

How am I sitting? What am I smelling?

What am I seeing?

Hypoarousal
What are the signals that I must attend to that I am beginning to feel helpless, trapped, or out of focus?

Circle what you are feeling: Cold Slow Difficulty focusing Dizzy Fuzzy Heavy
Blanking out Faint Dazed Loss of memory Struggle moving No Body Awareness
Disconnected Collapse Stupor Freezing Shut down Paralysis

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