Written by Jasmine Divinity , clinical social work intern at TKCC There are moments in life where what you are carrying feels heavy because you’ve kept things in and don’t feel understood by the people around you. You might be surrounded by people—classmates, coworkers, even family—and still feel disconnected. Conversations stay on the surface, and the deeper thoughts you carry don’t seem to have a place to land. Over time, that disconnection doesn’t just stay a feeling—it ca

Written by Emily Perry , clinical social work intern at TKCC There’s a quiet kind of pain that often doesn’t look dramatic. It doesn’t announce itself. It doesn’t demand attention. It just kind of settles in… and slowly starts to feel familiar. Over time, what once felt uncomfortable begins to feel ordinary. This is often how emotional minimization develops. Emotional minimization is the habit of dismissing, downplaying, or explaining away our own emotional experience. It c