#crisis-dependent-functioning

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fromSilicon Canals
10 hours ago

There's a type of adult who can function perfectly through a genuine crisis but becomes completely overwhelmed by a jammed printer or a changed meeting time. Their system was calibrated for catastrophe and genuinely does not know how to scale its response down to match a small frustration. - Silicon Canals

Competence during crises does not indicate emotional health; people trained to treat all moments as emergencies may excel under pressure but struggle with minor stressors.
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