Your Type
When conflict heats up, you want out. Not escape — you know you don't say your best things under pressure, so you create space for both of you. They don't always know that's what you're doing; they just see you disappear. But you're not avoiding — you know that cooling down first is what lets you say something that actually helps.
💡 Did you know?
Research finds that actively exiting high-conflict situations ('strategic withdrawal') can significantly improve subsequent communication quality — but only when you tell the other person 'I need time to calm down, let's talk after', otherwise it reads as shutting them out.
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