Why do I always do this? What is wrong with me? I know better. I've worked on this. I've been in therapy. I understand where this comes from. And I still react the same way.
If this is familiar — I want you to stop for a moment before you add one more layer of self-criticism to something that is already painful enough.
Because what you're calling overreacting is not evidence that you are broken or dramatic or beyond help.
It is evidence that something in you is still prote