Quotes About Reactions

Hot buttons or triggers are stored-up resentments, regrets, insecurities, anger, and fears that hurt when touched and cause automatic emotional responses. By identifying specific actions, words, or events that seem to trigger emotional reactions—either in you or in the BP in your life—these reactions may be easier to anticipate and manage.

Don't get drawn into the other person's extreme reactions; trust your instincts and form your own judgments.

When you or your loved one have an intense reaction to something, chances are good that one of your triggers or "hot buttons" has been pushed.

The books are funny and sad, and that's what people respond to.

The problem with cats is that they get the same exact look whether they see a moth or an ax-murderer.

Another clue that we are in a flashback occurs when we notice that our emotional reactions are out of proportion to what has triggered them.