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   Nickolai Allen Converse@NickolaiAcon· Sep 9

   Agreed sir

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   Unfiltered Thoughts@Unfiltered_TX· Sep 9

   Usually both, the feeling comes first, then you get surprisingly good at anticipating what might set someone off.

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   Ajex@Ajex06· Sep 9

   People walk on eggshells? I'm just hearing this.

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   Mr Biased@MrBiased_· Sep 9

   It’s a feeling that became a survival skill. You got so good at it, you forgot you were doing it.

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   Amelia X@AmeliaNovaX· Sep 9

   Sometimes survival quietly becomes second nature

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   Nickolai Allen Converse@NickolaiAcon· Sep 9

   I don’t do that no mo I mastered it when I was with baby momma along with many other skills

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   Shantanu Pettukola@SPettukola· Sep 9

   It comes from an involuntary need to please or be agreeable. And often, to protect the ones we love. It’s quite a useless skill as it involves dancing around the truth, resisting clarity and genuineness.

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   Brent Swancer@BrentSwancer· Sep 9

   It's a skill I honed over 20 years of a failed marriage.

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   Rat King@rtk_ng· Sep 9

   Personally the eggshells thing only triggers when I begin picking up on negative social cues. Thinking back I think “shrinking” was the chosen mechanism. Basically the same thing.

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    Shantanu Pettukola@SPettukola· Sep 9

    Agreed.

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    Angela Haberstock@Starlings64· Sep 9

    Not sure I would call it a skill. Plagues me all the time