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How an involuntary stress reaction could provoke someone into violence

I don’t remember when exactly I became aware of it but I have a few memories where my physical safety was at risk because of it.

When I am in distress I smile involuntarily.

As a child I lived in a high stress environment, I was not able to defend myself and certainly didn’t have any knowledge on how to diffuse the…