Why "Calm Down" Never Works

为何“冷静下来”从未奏效

Radio Headspace

2026-06-29

7 分钟
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  • Hey friends, it's Rosie here.

  • Welcome back to Radio Headspace.

  • Let me ask you something.

  • In your entire life experience, when someone has told you to calm down, has it worked?

  • And on the other side of that, when you've told someone else to calm down, has that worked?

  • Exactly.

  • So why do we keep saying it?

  • The other day I was in the middle of explaining to Tori how I do not,

  • I repeat, do not like group projects.

  • I never have.

  • It's not that I don't like people.

  • I like people.

  • I love people.

  • I just don't like being on someone else's timeline.

  • I'm very particular.

  • Some might say controlling.

  • I prefer specific, methodical, precise.

  • I work for myself, essentially.

  • I write when I want to write.

  • I do my homework when I decide to.