When Being “Nice” Makes You Sick: Self-Silencing, Stress, and Women’s Health
Many women don’t experience stress as panic attacks or breakdowns. They experience it as exhaustion, autoimmune flares, chronic pain, gut issues, migraines, or a body that just seems to be struggling. And often, the common thread isn’t weakness, it’s years of being “nice,” agreeable, accommodating, and quiet about their own needs. Psychology has a name for this pattern: self-silencing. What…
