Do you rehearse before hard conversations?
Write and rewrite the message?
Play out every possible outcome?
All just to avoid getting it wrong?
That’s not indecision.
That’s conditioning.
You learned early that words had consequences—
that saying the wrong thing could lead to shame, rejection, or conflict.
So your nervous system learned to delay, edit, and shrink.
🎭 It’s like writing cue cards for a play that never happens—
you burn energy preparing for a moment you never fully live.
💡 Ask yourself:
“Am I preparing to speak—or trying not to be rejected?”
👇 Comment SPEAK if this landed.
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Write and rewrite the message?
Play out every possible outcome?
All just to avoid getting it wrong?
That’s not indecision.
That’s conditioning.
You learned early that words had consequences—
that saying the wrong thing could lead to shame, rejection, or conflict.
So your nervous system learned to delay, edit, and shrink.
🎭 It’s like writing cue cards for a play that never happens—
you burn energy preparing for a moment you never fully live.
💡 Ask yourself:
“Am I preparing to speak—or trying not to be rejected?”
👇 Comment SPEAK if this landed.
✨ Follow for grounded coaching on nervous system healing, communication, and self-trust.
#escapeepisode20 #rehearsalanxiety #selftrust #emotionalintelligence #nervoussystemhealing #traumarecovery #overthinking #peoplepleasing #healingjourney #highfunctioninganxiety #communicationtrauma #perfectionismrecovery