https://jochum.dev/en/tags/silence/ Recent content in Silence on jochum.dev https://jochum.dev/images/20260503-me.jpg https://jochum.dev/images/20260503-me.jpg Hugo en Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200 https://jochum.dev/en/society/20261023-the-strength-to-rise-above-yourself/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0200 https://jochum.dev/en/society/20261023-the-strength-to-rise-above-yourself/ <blockquote> <p>Why we fall silent when life hurts – and what freedom lies in taking off our own armour.</p> </blockquote> <p>In extreme cases, silence can be life-threatening. It quietly isolates us from the inside out, gnaws at our self-confidence, and in the worst case costs lives.</p> <p>Why, then, is it still so hard for us to speak up when life hurts? Viewed without blame, our silence is an old suit of armour. Across generations – through wars, poverty, and the hard reconstruction after 1945 – an iron rule of survival applied: <strong>pull yourself together and function.</strong> Our ancestors had to pack away their pain in order to build the prosperity we enjoy today. Their silence was not coldness, but necessity.</p>