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Invading personal space bubbles causes intense tension

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Standing slightly too close in an elevator is an act of psychological warfare. Proxemics studies our invisible, fiercely defended territorial bubbles. When a stranger crosses the eighteen-inch threshold into intimate space without permission, our autonomic nervous system kicks into high alert. The immediate physiological tension is a desperate biological demand for breathing room.

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