A reaction can come from a place that was formed years before the present situation, and when that happens the body moves with the memory of the first hurt instead of the reality of today. Someone says a sentence or makes a gesture and the response jumps out with force, then later there is confusion about why it felt so big. The age in the document stays the same yet the emotional point in time shifts backward because the nervous system stored that earlier experience without closure. Growth starts when responsibility enters the scene, because awareness creates a gap where choice can exist, and with repetition new responses begin to replace the automatic ones. Healing shows up through practice, repair, and patience with the process, and over time reactions start matching the present instead of the past.
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