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Why emotional regulation feels impossible during conflict

My partner says I go from zero to rage in seconds and they are walking on eggshells but I feel like they are attacking me constantly

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Trauma responses hijack present-moment awareness and collapse adult relating into childhood survival modes.

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