According to Bessel Van Der Kolk, author of The Body Keeps the Score, “When something reminds traumatized people of the past, their right brain reacts as if the traumatic event were happening in the present.”

I’ve observed that when this happens, we often over-react, and sometimes it can even manifest in an emotional breakdown or a health challenge.

Most of the time, we are not even conscious of why we are over-reacting.