SOS Coming Home with Jennifer Elizabeth Masters

When the Nervous System Folds: Trauma, Fawning, and Finding Your Voice

When Folding Is a Nervous System Response
The episode centers on the moment people silence themselves in uncomfortable conversations, even when they know what they want to say. Jennifer Elizabeth Masters frames this kind of folding not as weakness or a character flaw, but as a trained nervous system response shaped by past experiences, difficult relationships, and environments where keeping peace felt necessary for survival.