Your home should be your sanctuary. It is the one place in the world where you should be able to exhale, take off the mask, and just be your authentic self. But for many people living in toxic dynamic relationships, home feels more like a minefield. You are constantly scanning the environment for threats, gauging moods, and shrinking yourself to avoid an explosion.
This state of hyper-vigilance is exhausting and damaging. It rewires your nervous system to be in a constant state of “fight or flight,” flooding your body with stress hormones. If you feel more anxious when you hear the garage door open than you do when you are at work, something is fundamentally wrong. Here are seven signs that you are walking on eggshells in your own home.
