08/09/2026
The comment section accidentally became a psychology lesson. 🧠
I posted a funny Reel about dating.
Almost 100,000 views later, something interesting happened. 🤔
Women flooded the comments saying some version of:
“YES. I’ve experienced this.”
And a bunch of men responded by telling me I’m washed up, rating my appearance, insulting my age, or explaining why a man wouldn’t want me anyway. 😂
And as a coach, THAT is way more interesting to me than the original Reel. 🤓
Because nobody asked whether I was attractive.
Nobody asked anyone to rate me.
Nobody said all men behave this way.
Nobody said it was about a specific person.
And yet some people felt such a strong need to defend themselves that they immediately went on the attack.
That’s what triggers can look like.
Sometimes when something touches an insecurity, belief, or experience we don’t want to examine, we don’t get curious.
We get defensive.
We discredit the messenger.
We attack their appearance.
We explain why they’re the problem.
Because if I can make you wrong, stupid, ugly, crazy, dramatic, or unworthy…
I never have to ask myself why what you said bothered me so fu***ng much.
And this isn’t a male problem.
Humans do this. Women too!
In relationships.
At work.
With money.
With family.
Online.
We spend an unbelievable amount of energy defending the parts of ourselves we might actually need to examine.
So the next time something pi**es you off, before immediately deciding the other person is wrong, ask yourself:
“What exactly about this hit a nerve in me?”
You don’t have to agree with them.
But your reaction might teach you something about yourself.
That’s where the real work starts.
🤍