We tend to get very emotional when something triggers us. Usually we don't stop to think about whether we should be triggered, whether we should get emotional, whether we are reading the situation correctly vs distorting the facts of the matter because of our fears and insecurities. Usually we just react. We overreact. We say and do impulsive things. We put our foot in our mouth. Better, perhaps, to think before we leap into a baseless tirade that diminishes us.