Being impressive is not the same as being well. For many high-functioning people, it’s the most socially acceptable form of self-abandonment: perform first, regulate later; deliver first, feel later. From the outside it looks like discipline and ambition, but inside it feels like living on nervous-system overdraft. What gets praised as “high performance” is often a threat response in a good suit-and the more impressive you become, the less safe your body feels to ever stop.