<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A steel trap can injure twice: first through the... > A steel trap can injure twice: first through the trap and then through uncontrolled struggle. Under coercion, abuse, institutional mistreatment, or danger, composure is not consent; it is the effort to preserve enough cognition to identify the safest available move. **Source:** [[livestreams/Composure, Boundaries, and Recovering Personal Power - Workbook|Composure, Boundaries, and Recovering Personal Power]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A steel trap can injure twice: first through the trap and then through uncontrolled struggle. Under coercion, abuse, institutional mistreatment, or danger, composure is not consent; it is the effort to preserve enough cognition to identify the safest available move.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-steel-trap-injure-safest-available-move ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->