The moment div has the flex display property it stretches the paragraph. I seem to be missing something but no property I can think to put on the flex div changes this. How can I prevent this behavior? (without the flex property I get the result on the right in the image)

div {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
flex-direction: column;
height: 200px;
width: 100px;
}
p {
background-color: green;
display: inline;
}
<div>
<p>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod
</p>
</div>
add another wrapper:
div {
display: flex;
justify-content: center;
flex-direction: column;
text-align:center;
height: 200px;
width: 100px;
}
p span{
background-color: green;
}
<div>
<p>
<span>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod</span>
</p>
</div>
Related question to understand why your inline is ignored:
Are flex items a block level element?
Usage of display property of flex box items
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