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How Your Stress Is Affecting the People Around You (Even When You Think You’re Holding It Together)

Charlotte Stebbing-Mills

Published on: 28/06/2026

High performers suppress stress to protect others, but this "leakage" still affects family and colleagues. Because stress is contagious, suppression backfires. True resilience requires shifting from containment to nervous system regulation.

Stress & Burnout