tertiary · Activated

Snappy

Part of the Nervous System States Wheel

What is Snappy?

Low tolerance and a hair-trigger response. Small things feel disproportionately aggravating — a sign of sympathetic stress load.

When you might feel snappy

Snappy is a specific form of irritable, which itself is a type of activated. You might experience this feeling in situations where activated is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define snappy.

Emotional Hierarchy

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