11/19/2025
That instant panic when someone goes quiet? The replay reel that starts before they even respond? That’s not sensitivity, it’s hypervigilance in social form.
When you’ve lived through tension that turned silence into threat, your body learns to fill every pause, fix every mood, and apologize for things that haven’t even happened. It’s not overthinking. It’s self-protection.
The EMDR effect teaches your nervous system that silence isn’t danger, it’s space. You stop scrambling to keep everyone comfortable and start realizing that your safety doesn’t depend on reading every room perfectly.
At Very Good Mind, we see what’s underneath the overthinking. We help you unlearn the fear that’s been narrating every pause.
Because sometimes silence isn’t rejection. It’s peace making room for you to breathe.
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Providing virtual EMDR therapy in Florida.
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