PEOPLE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT HOW EMOTIONAL INCONSISTENCY CAN MESS WITH SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN THROUGH TRAUMA. IT'S NOT JUST OVERTHINKING OR BEING SENSITIVE. IT'S THE BODY REACTING TO PATTERNS IT HAD TO LEARN YOUNG. WHEN LOVE TURNED COLD WITHOUT WARNING, OR SILENCE MEANT PUNISHMENT, THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ADJUSTED. NOW EVEN A CHANGE IN TONE, A DELAYED REPLY, OR A SHIFT IN SOMEONE'S VIBE CAN FEEL LIKE DANGER. IT'S NOT ABOUT BEING DRAMATIC. IT'S ABOUT HOW SURVIVAL ONCE DEPENDED ON NOTICING EVERY SMALL SIGN BEFORE THINGS WENT BAD, AND THAT KIND OF WIRING DOESN'T JUST GO AWAY