Thoughts

[azurelunatic]

I've noticed, with some people who have been abused in the past, that their "Get the hell away from me" "This is Not Good" triggers are hypersensitive, and things that a "normal" person wouldn't pick up on set them off.

Some people dismiss this as overreacting.

I'm wondering if some people's senses aren't undersensitive, underdeveloped, and things that would be screaming out warning signals to anyone who knew what was happening just don't get noticed. Some people escape without realizing what a close call they had. Some people don't.

Comments

[aussie-nyc.livejournal.com]

Harlan Ellison wrote something about there being no overreaction, just reaction. Individual to each person and stimulus.