You are mid-argument. Something small tips over. And then one of two things happens: your mind goes quiet and blank, or your voice rises and something erupts out of you. Most people read those two responses as opposites – one person shuts down, the other blows up. They are not opposites. They are two exits from the same room. What we call going blank or exploding mid-conflict is often the same underlying event: the nervous system leaving its window of tolerance – showing up as shutdown and blankness in some people, and as agitation and outburst in others. The goal of this…
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