We Believe You
- A pattern where tension increases rapidly between two people.
- Each reaction intensifies the next reaction.
- Small triggers snowball into major conflict.
- Emotional states amplify instead of settling.
- Both people become more reactive over time.
- Attempts to resolve the issue make it worse.
- The conversation shifts from the issue to the fight itself.
- Each person feels increasingly threatened or misunderstood.
- Communication becomes faster, louder, or sharper.
- Boundaries collapse under emotional pressure.
- The nervous system shifts into fight-or-flight.
- The original problem becomes irrelevant.
- Both people lose access to calm reasoning.
- The conflict becomes self-sustaining.
- The spiral ends only when someone withdraws or shuts down.



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