How Did You Go Burning?

Micheal: I thought life would be easier to just hold it back from people at work. But then i'm sort of un doing these awkward dances around information and giving short answers, and maybe that's not better. So how did you change your behaviour after that, michael? And what did you say in that moment? Besides feeling like you wanted to vanish into a small hole, what what did you say? He says he still doesn't go around walking up to his senior colleagues but does talk more freely with junior colleagues....