Thanks @seesaw. I know for myself I’ve been so conditioned by my dysfunctional childhood that my emotional reactions inwardly are practically automatic. Then I have a knee jerk reaction. So I’m trying to learn the art of responding vs reacting, meaning responding with logic and reason to my upset or trigger without reacting outwardly in an upset way. Not sure if that makes sense. I read about this once. That’s where I learned it from.

I guess that‘s called emotional regulation? Not sure.

It’s not easy for me. I know that.