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Survival Mode Is Not Connection

If you have to calculate every word
Every expression
Every breath
You are not connecting
You are managing
You are surviving

Survival mode makes you small
It trains your nervous system to stay alert
To wait for the explosion
To protect yourself from the next shift

This is not love
This is fear in a nicer outfit

If someone makes you feel like this
Listen to your body
It is telling you the truth

You deserve connection, not survival

When you walk on eggshells
You stop being yourself
You become a version of you that keeps the peace

But peace that depends on your silence is not peace
It is management

Real connection allows you to breathe
To speak
To relax

If someone keeps you in survival mode
You are not the problem
The environment is

Yakira Yedidia is an Unshakable Independence Advocate. She knows true freedom starts with Unshakable Self-Worth—built one action at a time.