The Proof Reflex: Why Your Word Never Feels Like Enough Evidence

The urge to prove yourself when someone doubts you isn’t insecurity or people-pleasing. It’s the proof reflex, a survival adaptation shaped by Calladita Culture and the expectation that your word won’t count as sufficient evidence.

This episode names how the same system can make you over-document grief, underclaim achievement, and mistake self-erasure for humility.

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