<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Being confronted by someone else often triggers... > Being confronted by someone else often triggers fight or flight: the racing breath, the defensiveness, the urge to leave. Many of the most important truths we ever hear are rejected in that first moment and accepted only later, when we are ready to see what the other person saw. Give yourself time to return to an uncomfortable observation instead of deciding its value while your body is still in alarm. **Source:** [[livestreams/Anger, Self-Acceptance, and the Mind-Body Story of Change - Workbook|Anger, Self-Acceptance, and the Mind-Body Story of Change]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Being confronted by someone else often triggers fight or flight: the racing breath, the defensiveness, the urge to leave. Many of the most important truths we ever hear are rejected in that first moment and accepted only later, when we are ready to see what the other person saw. Give yourself time to return to an uncomfortable observation instead of deciding its value while your body is still in alarm.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-being-confronted-someone-body-still-alarm ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->