Walking on eggshells means constantly monitoring for signs that things are about to go wrong. You scan faces for anger, listen for tone shifts, prepare for the explosion you know is coming. This vigilance is exhausting but was survival. Now you bring it into safe relationships, waiting for inevitable betrayal, unable to relax into stability that feels fake.
Living on eggshells means never resting, always preparing, exhausting yourself with vigilance for threats that may never come.
Finding solid ground means teaching your body that some environments are stable, that you do not need to expect disaster, that peace can be trusted.
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Content informed by trauma research, polyvagal theory (Stephen Porges), somatic experiencing (Peter Levine), and nervous system regulation studies. For comprehensive citations and further reading, see Unfiltered Wisdom: The Book.
About the Author
Robert Greene is the author and founder of Unfiltered Wisdom, a US Navy veteran, and a trauma survivor with over 10 years of experience in nervous system regulation and somatic healing. He is certified in Yoga for Meditation from the Yogic School of Mystic Arts (Dharamsala, India, 2016) and affiliated with Holistic Veterans, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving veterans in Santa Cruz, California.