Old hurts still choose the volume of some current feelings

Dear Delyara, What frustrates me is not that the old wounds exist. It’s how quickly they still influence intensity. A current moment happens. Then an older injury decides how loudly I feel it. A delay becomes larger than it should. A quiet tone lands harder than it deserves. A small confusion wakes up a much older fear. And suddenly I’m reacting not only to today, but to several former versions of today layered underneath it. That overlap is tiring. And humbling.