Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
13 hours agoPeople who go quiet when they're hurt aren't giving you the silent treatment. They learned very early that showing pain out loud got them punished twice, once for the original wound and once for having the audacity to bleed where someone could see it. - Silicon Canals
Quiet people often learned silence as a survival mechanism in childhood, not as emotional punishment, due to experiencing pain followed by parental anger or withdrawal.