Your Type
You have an ability to quickly suppress anxiety, always telling yourself and others "it's fine," and continuing to handle things with a straight face. This mask of "forced composure" is actually the heavy price you pay to maintain a "strong image"; you subconsciously feel that admitting anxiety means admitting weakness, and you fear that if your emotions break down, others will be disappointed in you or find you unreliable, so you choose to swallow all the panic alone. But that suppressed anxiety will eventually erode you in the dead of night. Try saying out loud to yourself when you're alone, "I'm actually really scared right now"; when you learn to accept your vulnerability, you won't need to pretend to be invincible anymore.
💡 Did you know?
Suppression-based anxiety coping research shows that 'I'm fine' people actually outperform acknowledged-anxiety people in short-term task performance — but 24 hours later, the suppression group's cortisol levels are 27% higher than the expression group, with significant long-term immune function impact.
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