Sensitive / Withdrawn — collapsed chest

Contact narrows behind a guarded sternum

This point marks the requested collapsed-chest signature of the sensitive/withdrawn strategy, where the front of the thorax is shown as reducing contact and exposure. It is a visual anchor for a protective relational posture, not a claim that sensitivity or withdrawal has a single anatomical seat.

Sensitive / Withdrawn — collapsed chestSensitive / Withdrawn — collapsed chestOral — collapsed frontTough / Generous — armored frontBuried / Enduring — compressed lumbarExpressive / Clingy — inflated chest

Point 1 of 5 in Hakomi Character Strategies — Postural Holding Map

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Ron Kurtz, Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method (primary)

Hakomi Institute, Character Strategies and Character Theory (secondary)

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