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Jan 17, 2025
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We react to something, 'it gets under our skin', because it is literally, already under our skin.

We think we are reacting to the thing, the person, the experience, but we are really reacting to the trauma that is buried within.

Over the past few years, I've been trying to notice when I have a level 8 response to a level 2 situation. To then see if I can …

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