🦄 Startups & VC 12h ago · Sarah Mitchell

Psychology says keeping your phone on silent isn’t a communication preference — it’s a nervous system preference, and the people who need it most are often the ones who spent years being on-call for everyone else’s emergencies

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Psychology says keeping your phone on silent isn’t a communication preference — it’s a nervous system preference, and the people who need it most are often the ones who spent years being on-call for everyone else’s emergencies
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Ever notice how some people keep their phones permanently on silent, even when they’re not in meetings or sleeping? I used to think these people were either incredibly zen or just terrible at staying connected. Then I became one of them. Not because I suddenly achieved enlightenment or stopped caring about my relationships, but because my nervous system literally couldn’t handle the alternative anymore.
The shift happened gradually. First, it was just during work hours. Then evenings

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