1. Baseline Calm (Alone)
You feel mostly stable. No buzzing, no static. You’re you.
2. Someone Enters the Space
They might seem kind, interesting, even attractive.
But your body doesn’t scan for kindness.
It scans for calibration.
3. The Static Forecast
Interest sparks.
But so does a soft internal hum.
You think: “Is this nerves?”
Your body thinks: “We’re pre-loading a warning.”
4. The Glitch Threshold
Closeness triggers pre-dysregulation.
Heart rate rises.
Blood pressure shifts.
Sensory load creeps past comfort.
5. Mixed Signals, Internal Conflict
Attraction + dread.
Curiosity + static.
Desire + don’t touch me.
Your body doesn’t know which signal to run.
So it glitches. Hard.
6. Speech Collapse / Language Offline
You try to speak.
To explain. To say, “Wait—I want this, but not like this.”
But your vocal cords go dark.
Your words are in there, but you can’t reach them.
This isn’t awkwardness.
It’s shutdown.
7. They Keep Going (Gently, Unaware)
They don’t mean harm.
But your body wasn’t in agreement.
Now every motion registers as a breach.
8. The Internal Fallout
Confusion. Shame.
Glitch guilt.
Disappearing act.
You feel broken, even when you know it’s not your fault.
9. Exit, with Sad Relief
You leave.
They don’t understand.
You can’t explain.
But your nervous system exhales—for the first time in hours.
And that relief?
That’s the part no one talks about.
Because it doesn’t mean you didn’t care.
It means your system finally got the no it needed.