I think I have always been highly reactive. I grew up in a house where it was a fight to survive.  I learned to just react, over react, react. These days I am trying not to be that way and its pretty much a mental discipline. Sometimes I do better than others. I keep having to look at my part in it and generally its people pleasing, wanting acknowledgement from people who don't acknowledge me or falling into the same old behavior traps. The difference is now I'm aware of it and no longer feeling like someone else always has the reigns.

Maresie.