Mute
Your ability to stop responding, even when provoked. Not about listening, but choosing silence as a control.
Carla Dimkoff and the Witness
Mute reflects how Carla Dimkoff had learned to stay silent even when provoked by her father's violence and abuse. For years, she muted her responses to avoid escalating dangerous situations. But when she discovered her father might have killed someone, she turned off the mute function and chose to speak to authorities, breaking her pattern of protective silence.