Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPeople who grew up watching one parent manage the other parent's mood became adults who can feel a room shift before anyone speaks. They don't call it hypervigilance. They call it being considerate. It's neither. - Silicon Canals
Children who monitor unstable parents' emotional states develop hypervigilance that persists into adulthood, often misidentified as perceptiveness or social skill rather than trauma response.