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You're sitting on the couch. The house is quiet. Nothing urgent is happening. And yet your shoulders are up near your ears, your jaw is tight, and somewhere deep in your chest there's a feeling like you're waiting for the other shoe to drop. You try to breathe. You remind yourself that everything's fine. But your body doesn't believe you. This is what bracing for something that hasn't happened feels like. Not the fleeting tension before an exam or a difficult conversation. Th