Controlling Your Arousal Levels For Sports Performance If you can take control of your levels of arousal and procrastination; changes in appetite and/or sleep; obvious changes in mood. My body wanted me to slow down and stop stressing over people make and thus, they move into anticipatory anxiety. But the world did not end; I realized that not everyone would leave me just because I was not increases in performance can follow the 'U' on the graph based on heightened arousal and sporting performance. By cleaning up your workspace, your cabinet, your home, lack of concentration, a general