2023-12-06 08:00:00
PSYCHOLOGY – Being silent is sometimes useful to protect yourself or not to hurt others. But when silence arises from fear or locks us into rumination, we must act…
Silence is golden, they say. And indeed, sometimes it is better to remain silent than to engage in an endless discussion or maintain a sterile conflict. However, silence is not always wise… In reality, everything depends on its function, on what we are silent for.
“We can avoid expressing ourselves to protect ourselves from feeling unpleasant or uncomfortable emotions such as stress the anger the fear …Or to try to calm your agitation if you have the feeling that it will boil over, that you won’t be able to control it.”, observes Stéphanie Bertholon, clinical psychologist and co-founder of the Center for the Treatment of Stress and Anxiety. Closure protects, it’s true, but only momentarily. “Avoiding discussions and the feelings that go with them means depriving yourself of finding a way out of problems. In the long run, silence can even make the situation worse or tarnish the relationship.she warns.
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