Physical Positioning & Space Pressure
Height, distance and enclosure shape felt status and comfort: elevated speakers read as authoritative, invaded space raises arousal, cramped rooms shorten patience; 'carotid compression' framings are fiction.
An everyday example
A landlord who stands while you sit, or a sales desk placed so you cannot leave without squeezing past.
What it can cost you
Reading a staged power arrangement as your own inferiority or the other party's legitimacy.
Warning signs
- They are above me or behind a barrier.
- I would have to push past someone to leave.
One thing to do
Equalise the geometry: stand when they stand, ask to move to a table, sit where you can see the exit.
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