The reaction isn't about now. It's about what now reminds the nervous system of. It's not that you're too sensitive. Your nervous system is doing exactly what it learned to do. You snapped. Or shut down. Or spiraled in a way that felt completely out of proportion to what just happened. And then came the familiar afterthought: why did I react like that? Most people, when this happens, assume something is wrong with them. That they're too sensitive, too reactive, too broken in