Always on Edge? Why Your Body Braces Before Anything Happens

Always on edge — even when nothing's actually happened yet? Someone walks into the room, and before they've said a word your jaw is tight, your breath is shallow and you're scanning for what you did wrong. In this solo episode, Kelly Nicholls unpacks chronic bracing: what it is, why your body does it, and why it isn't a flaw in your personality. Kelly knows this one from the inside. A highly sensitive person who spent years reading danger into a curt email or a raised tone, she walks through ...