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THE WARNING

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🧐 Someone wants to do something unauthorised. The other person should follow my lead and not get involved in such actions!

📖 Efference of the flight impulse: ‘You should back off’ or ‘That’s too close / too dangerous for me’ — a sudden increase in psychological distance, serving as a means of self-protection. It is the motor response to a potential threat or an impending violation of personal space.

😶 The gaze is focused on the other person

🤔 The hand moves in front of the face, with the palms facing away from the body; the fingers are extended and spread apart. It moves in front of the face from the inside to the outside and back again. When both hands are involved, they start close together and move apart with the first movement. At the end of the movement, the hands are back together

🤓 I have a specific and sound suggestion to counter a risky undertaking — for anyone who wants to embark on something dangerous, who wants to go into a risky business venture, or who wants to take on a challenge they are not up to: you can always warn them with this hand gesture, that is, advise them to steer clear of this undertaking

😎 The mood is building

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Eckhard Umann
Eckhard Umann

Written by Eckhard Umann

Medicine in St. Petersburg 1972-1978. Neurology & psychiatry 1978-1982 (Charité). Doctoral thesis in 1983. Doctor of psychotherapy. 1991-2019 Private practice.