Why “Don’t Overreact” Can Be a Form of Dismissal — Transcript
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- 0:00Something happens, a comment, a gesture,
- 0:03a moment that doesn't sit right. You
- 0:05react naturally and instinctively and
- 0:07almost immediately someone steps in.
- 0:09Don't overreact. Not to understand what
- 0:12you felt, not to ask what happened, but
- 0:15to calm the situation. To keep things
- 0:18from escalating and suddenly the focus
- 0:20shifts
- 0:21from what was done to how you responded.
- 0:25You begin to hesitate. Was it really
- 0:27that serious?
- 0:29Did you read too much into it? So you
- 0:31soften your reaction, you explain less,
- 0:34you let it go. Not because it didn't
- 0:36matter, but because it was called too
- 0:39much. [music]
- 0:40We use the word overreaction as if it
- 0:42simply restores balance,
- 0:44but often it does something else. It
- 0:47quietly redraws the boundary of what is
- 0:49allowed to matter
- 0:51and in that moment it is not what
- 0:54happened being examined, but your
- 0:56reaction to it.
- 0:58And once your reaction is dismissed,
- 0:59[music]
- 1:00what happened becomes easier to ignore.
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