← Emotion lab
🪟 Disconnected
Why it happens
The world kept going and yours stopped. Watching people laugh in a supermarket can feel like watching through glass.
What it might mean
Disconnection is common and temporary. It's the gap between your inner clock and everyone else's.
Healthy ways to respond
- Choose low-demand contact: sit near someone, no conversation required.
- Tell one person the true answer when they ask how you are.
- Find others who've been through it. Recognition beats sympathy.
Grounding
Press your feet into the floor and name where you physically are, out loud.
Journal prompt
Who could I be near today without having to perform?
Write it in LettersSomething else is louder