This tool matters most for people who have been emotionally destabilized. If you’re constantly being told you’re “too sensitive” or “overreacting,” you start to lose your grip on reality. You stop trusting your gut. And if you grew up in an emotionally neglectful or abusive household, you may never have learned what healthy love or conflict even looks like. That means you’re more likely to normalize harmful patterns or stay too long in dangerous emotional terrain.