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Before a child can cooperate, communicate, or learn, they must feel safe, and safety is created through connection, not control. Safety is not taught; it is felt through calm, attuned relationships. Nervous systems can finally rest, learn, and grow when they can trust in a safe relationship.

— Mona Delahooke

There is no wrong way to feel. As with neurodivergence, interoception is something to be fixed, but rather explored and validated. Under a compliance approach, you may be reinforcing the early signs of a nervous system in collapse. Masking might look like progress until it becomes Autistic Burnout.

— Kelly Mahler