We went through many large, impressive rooms, finally reaching the top floor, where there was a narrow corridor with several small black doors, all shut.
Lots of jaw drop, the back of the tongue lifts. Aa, sna-, snap. Lips come together for the P and will usually part for small burst of air, the release of the P. Snap. Snap.
Before you go into the next stressful evaluative situation, for two minutes, try doing this, in the elevator, in a bathroom stall, at your desk behind closed doors.
He was built as a sword fish except for his huge jaws which were tight shut now as he swam fast, just under the surface with his high dorsal fin knifing through the water without wavering.
The memory retrieving part of our minds is like an eye, that clenches shut in the presence of a flash and closes down when asked to archive and then recover incidents of intense fury or terror, ridicule or shame.