Yesterday I wrote about having an “outsized reaction” to my adult son being angry with me and how this helped me recognize it as a trauma response (or what’s also known as a trigger) and I wanted to write about it more. (By the way, I’m giving myself a 30-day blogging challenged to help me get back in the groove and I’m sharing that with you so that I have to follow through!)
Having a bigger reaction than a situation warrants or a reaction that seems somehow disconnected from the reality of a situation means something else is going on. When my son told me he was angry and needed a break my fear went into absolute overload, completely unhitched from what was actually going on. Here a