The Psychology of People Who Over-Explain Everything

Описание: If you over-explain, over-justify, or feel the need to make sure everyone understands you… this is for you. It’s not a personality flaw — it’s a learned response. This video breaks down where it comes from, why it sticks, and why you don’t actually owe anyone a full explanation.

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Resources and Links to Supporting my Script:
Pre-emptive Defense:
Frontiers in Psychology - "The Emotional Mechanisms of Interpersonal Preemptive Behavior" (2022)

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles...
Discusses preemptive behavior as defensive aggression based on fear



Journal of Personality and Social Psychology - "Adult Attachment and the Defensive Regulation of Attention and Memory" (2000)

Research by R. Chris Fraley on preemptive and postemptive defensive strategies
Discusses how defense mechanisms operate preemptively to limit information encoding



Medium - "The Psychology of Preemptive Apologies as a Defense Mechanism" (2023)

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Explores preemptive apologies to avoid rejection or criticism


The Fawn Response (Pete Walker):
Pete Walker's Website - "Codependency, Trauma and the Fawn Response"

https://www.pete-walker.com/codepende...
Original source where Walker coined the term "fawn" as the fourth F



PsychCentral - "The Fawn Response: How Trauma Can Lead to People-Pleasing" (2022)

https://psychcentral.com/health/fawn-...
Defines fawn response as "a response to a threat by becoming more appealing to the threat"



Psychology Today - "What Is the Fawning Trauma Response?" (2023)

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/bl...
Walker describes fawning as mirroring or merging with others' desires to diffuse conflict



CPTSDfoundation.org - "Fawn Response: The Trauma Survival Pattern That's Mistaken for Kindness"

https://cptsdfoundation.org/2025/06/0...
Explains fawn response as trauma-driven people-pleasing designed to diffuse danger



Liberation Healing Seattle - "How To Heal The Fawn Response From Trauma" (2025)

https://www.liberationhealingseattle....
Pete Walker's definition: "Those who fawn tend to put the needs and wants of others ahead of themselves"


Epistemic Injustice:
Miranda Fricker - "Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing" (Oxford University Press, 2007)

https://academic.oup.com/book/32817
Foundational work defining epistemic injustice as being wronged in one's capacity as a knower



Wikipedia - "Epistemic Injustice"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistem...
Explains credibility deficit where oppressed groups are regarded as unqualified to describe their own experiences



1000-Word Philosophy - "Epistemic Injustice" (2025)

https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2020/0...
Introductory overview of testimonial and hermeneutical injustice



ATD Fourth World - "Miranda Fricker: Toward Epistemic Justice" (2024)

https://www.atd-fourthworld.org/miran...
Interview discussing how epistemic injustice affects credibility and intelligibility


Carl Jung - "Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering":
BrainyQuote - Carl Jung Quote

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/ca...
Direct quote attribution



Goodreads - Carl Gustav Jung Quote

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Quote from CW 11, Para 129



Jungian Center - "The Gift of Suffering" (2023)

https://jungiancenter.org/the-gift-of...
Jung regarded neurosis as "a substitute for legitimate suffering"