Hey friends, it's Rosie here.
Welcome back to Radio Headspace.
Don't say anything.
That was the rule.
It was kind of a motto in my family growing up.
Don't complain.
Don't express too much.
Don't make it bigger than it needs to be.
There was always a sense that feelings were something to manage quietly.
Something to move through without drawing too much attention.
And look, I get it.
There's a time and a place for everything, right?
You don't need to unload every thought in every moment.
You don't need to react to every feeling that passes through.
But what happens when that becomes the default state?
What happens when don't say anything becomes the way you relate to yourself?
I grew up in a Hispanic household where emotion had a rhythm, a constant one.
It wasn't that we didn't feel deeply, we did.
But expression came with conditions.
You could be upset, but not disrespectful.