Listen "Introverted or Just Traumatized?"
Episode Synopsis
🎙️ Episode 17 — Introverted or Just Traumatized?Hint: What you’re calling a vibe might be a survival response.We love labels.They make complexity feel manageable.But here’s the uncomfortable truth:That “introvert” label you’ve been clinging to?It might be trauma — wearing a cardigan.In this episode, we shred the polite fiction that confuses nervous system collapse with quiet personality.👉 Why CPTSD often gets mistaken for calm👉 How therapy, HR, and education reward shutdown and punish honesty👉 And why calling trauma “introversion” keeps people stuck, silent, and unseenWe dismantle the myth with the 7-layer Integrated Thinking Stack (ITS):🧠 What the science actually says about introversion, dopamine, and shutdown (Cognitive Cleanse)⚖️ Who gains when we flatten suffering into personality — and who’s left unhealed (Moral Intelligence)🌍 How this mislabeling ripples through research, therapy, schools, and lives (Systemic Foresight)🧍 The raw difference between regulated stillness and somatic collapse (Embodied Insight)👥 Why real behavior design fails when it confuses masking for preference (Human-Centered Design)📉 How fragile systems collapse under the weight of mislabeled pain (Risk & Resilience)⚙️ What better questions, better protocols, and nervous-system-aware systems look like (Execution Engine)This episode isn’t anti-introvert.It’s anti-gaslight.And it just might explain your entire personality.Hit play — and meet the version of you that never got named.
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