Am I overreacting? Or am I reacting to the same pattern over and over? If you keep having the same emotional response in a relationship, that’s not a character flaw. That’s pattern recognition. Repeated dismissal. Broken promises. Emotional labor with no repair. Silence that never gets addressed. When the conditions don’t change, your nervous system doesn’t either. That’s not immaturity or being “too sensitive.” That’s how humans respond to ongoing relational stress. Before you call yourself ove