8 Hidden Habits of Women Hiding Deep Pain Behind a Mask of Strength, Reveals Psychology
You steer conversations away from yourself, keeping things surface-level or shifting the focus to others. If someone asks how you are, you give a quick, rehearsed answer—”Busy, but good!”—and move on before they can ask anything deeper.
It’s not that you don’t want to open up. It’s that opening up means acknowledging feelings you’ve been trying to push down. And if you start, you’re not sure how much will come spilling out.
So instead, you keep things light, keep things moving, and keep convincing yourself that as long as no one asks the hard questions, you won’t have to face the answers.
