How do you judge (ASAP) when someone is talking to you because they are triggered or reactive instead of out of interest?
People usually respond because they are reacting to something. They feel pressured, they don't like something, or even they do like something. Positive reactions are still reactions, instead of the person being a self-starter who controls their own life. Being passive and reacting to stuff is different than deciding what to do yourself. It's only people who decide to pursue something, because they're interested, who learn much.
There are degrees. More reactive people are worse people.
People do chain reactions. E.g. first they react to an event or situation with an emotion. Then they react to their emotion.
If you ask people, they frequently don't understand the question and give an answer anyway (lie they understand the question and know the answer) or lie (lie they're not being reactive/triggered when they are).
If you interact with someone over time, you can see patterns like they don't bring a topic up themselves, they only talk about it when you bring it up.
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