You thought you were overthinking.
You called it anxiety.
You called it sensitivity.
You called it being dramatic.
But your body was not confused.
Your stomach tightened before the conversation.
Your shoulders lifted before the room shifted.
Your chest warmed before the disappointment arrived.
You weren’t “too much.”
You were early.
There’s a difference.
We are trained to distrust the first signal.
We wait for proof.
We wait for someone else to confirm.
We wait for something louder.
But the body speaks in whispers first.
A pause.
A breath change.
A small internal no.
Ignoring it doesn’t make you stronger.
It just makes the lesson louder next time.
The truth is —
discernment rarely feels dramatic.
It feels quiet.
Almost inconvenient.
It feels like walking away when you could stay.
Like not responding when you could explain.
Like declining when you could endure.
Your body knew.
The question is:
what would change if you believed it the first time?