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Hypervigilance is an enhanced state of sensory sensitivity accompanied by an exaggerated intensity of behaviors whose purpose is to detect threats. Hypervigilance is also accompanied by a state of increased anxiety which can cause exhaustion. Other symptoms include: abnormally increased arousal, a high responsiveness to stimuli and a constant scanning of the environment for threats. Hypervigilance is a symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder.
Hi
I think the other guys did the best they could explaining hypervigilence.
For me as an x cop it is like I am always on duty, on guard. Looking out windows, looking around me, thinking I see things out of the corner of my eye. Heart racing, cannot relax, cannot keep still. Back to the wall so you can see what is coming. Or they also call it hyperarousal, your mind and body are always in a state of arousal/alertness.
Also with this comes poor sleep patterns, waking at the slightest noise, being very jumpy. Over reacting to noises (I wear ear plugs sometimes because the noise of the outside world becomes overwhelming, it puts a buffer between me and the world).
I can't go to shopping centres because there is too much noise and movement, my mind and body go into overdrive and I have anxiety attacks.
Hope this helps
Clydie