Reasons someone may breakdown over something 'small':
- Their past trauma has been triggered
- That 'small' thing meant nothing to you but everything to them
- They've been mentally abused and are hypersensitive in social situations
- They're in 'survival mode'
(1/3)

- They've been bottling up their emotions for so long they couldn't hold on to them any longer
- They've had so many things go wrong for them lately and hoped this would go right
- They're drained and can't fake a smile anymore
- (2/3)

Before you might label someone as 'dramatic', 'extra' or 'oversensitive', please consider understanding why they reacted this way. It's often so much deeper than you can perceive from the outside.
(3/3) @/realdepressionproject