07/12/2025
⭐ You’re Not “Walking On Egg Shells” With Your Partner. You are 'Performing' Safety.
Most people don't realise that they are doing this, half the time they are experiencing their relationship by way of words in their head, and the body ends up having no choice but to follow.
They think they are walking on eggshells with their partner.
Or they are just trying to keep the peace.
But what they are actually doing is performing safety.
Soothing their voice so their partner won’t react.
Choosing words carefully so as not to cause conflict.
Softening their truth.
Not taking up space.
Trying to be easy.
Managing the emotional atmosphere at all times.
Yes, even being caring, kind and empathetic.
This isn’t really or fear, although it can create anxiety and is always rooted in a deeper fear.
Really it is your system trying to prevent that fear from happening; staying alert, prepared, and “on” so nothing destabilising happens.
It’s people pleasing to try and create harmony.
It’s future anticipation of discomfort you don't want to have to face.
It’s your nervous system performing safety instead of you actually creating safety from within.
Performing safety disconnects you from your partner more than conflict ever will.
Because the moment you perform, the relationship becomes a performance too.
The shift needed?
Stop performing. Start revealing.
Intimacy doesn’t grow through management and performance.
It grows through truth and through knowing how to let your system soften enough that your partner can actually feel you.