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The Art of Not Leaking (Or: Why Your Nervous System Doesn't Need to Prove It's Home)

On sovereignty, silence, and the superpower of staying full

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Dea Devidas
Jan 29, 2026
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You know that thing where someone texts you something emotionally loaded and your thumb hovers over the keyboard for 46 minutes composing responses you’ll never send while your cortisol writes a dissertation on why silence equals death? And then you finally put the phone down, walk away, and feel like you just passed a test you didn’t know you were taking?

Your body knows a frequency your mind keeps forgetting. There’s a place between reaction and repression where energy stays whole. Not blocked. Not passive. Complete.

Welcome to the neuroscience of not leaking. Also known as: the hardest thing you’ll ever do while appearing to do absolutely nothing.

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