12/01/2026
It happens in seconds.
The room hasn’t changed.
Nothing bad is happening.
You’re not in danger.
And yet—
your body shuts down.
Your heart starts racing, like it needs an exit.
Your throat tightens, as if words are suddenly unsafe.
Your mind goes quiet.
You go silent.
You nod. You listen. You disappear.
Later, when you’re alone, the questions come.
❓Why didn’t I say anything?
❓Why do I always shut down like this?
❓What’s wrong with me?
But nothing is wrong with you.
What’s happening isn’t about this moment.
It’s about a much older one.
✨A time when staying quiet kept the peace.
✨When stillness reduced the impact.
✨When freezing was safer than reacting.
✨When your body learned—without words—that silence could protect you.
Your nervous system remembers that moment,
even if your mind no longer does.
So today, when a voice gets louder,
your body doesn’t pause to check timelines.
It doesn’t ask, Is this the same person? Is this safe now?
It simply responds the way it once had to.
Not because you’re weak.
Not because you lack confidence.
Not because you’re “too sensitive.”
But because your body is loyal.
And it has been trying to keep you alive.
Healing doesn’t begin by forcing yourself to speak louder or be braver.
It begins when you stop judging the freeze
and start offering your body what it never had back then—
safety, slowness, compassion.
You don’t heal the freeze by pushing through it.
You heal it by understanding it.
And if this story landed somewhere deep—
not in your head, but in your chest—
let this be the reminder you needed:
There is nothing wrong with you.
Your body has been protecting you all along.Drop in a heart if this hits home💗 Love Niharika❤️.
