Francesca Nardelli

When you wake up, you stop negotiating your worth. You stop over explaining. You stop managing other people’s emotions at the expense of your own. You stop shrinking to preserve comfort that was never mutual.

The Mechanism of Self-Silencing When a person feels a high level of stress or hyper-vigilance in their daily life, the brain can begin a process called Self Silencing, but personally I call it "shrinking"

If you are living in a chronically stressful environment, your body is likely living in fight or flight mode, and your cortisol levels can stay elevated.