life lesson in a phrase

in talking with t the other day, she quoted something that stuck to me like crazy glue
"if you're hysterical, it's probably historical."

what does that mean?
if you find yourself very upset by a person or situation (like you get hysterical) your reaction probably has more to do with something else in your past, than with the present situation. this is true for even smaller kinds of "overreactions."

we already know this when thinking of our physical selves. usually people throw out their backs doing the smallest of movements (think of this as you getting hysterical).  typically we wear ourselves (our muscles and joints) out before that moment - the history of our bodies builds up to that crisis point.

here is to therapy (of body and mind) to preserve ourselves!