Notice the exact moment you start agreeing just to fit in. That little flinch is you leaving yourself.

Going along happens in a specific instant, and the body usually registers it first. There is a small drop or a tightening right before the nod, and then the nod happens anyway and the moment closes over. Missing that instant is how people end up defending positions they never held. Catching it does not require saying anything, it just keeps the record straight inside you.

Try to notice the flinch once this week without acting on it. Later, alone, ask what you would have said with nobody else in the room. You do not owe anyone the disagreement, but you do want to know you had one.