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