Principlev1
When receiving criticism, immediately classify whether it
When receiving criticism, immediately classify whether it triggered you via content (truth trigger), source (relationship trigger), or self-concept (identity trigger), then apply the appropriate intervention to each type.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Subcortical Fast-Pathway Threat Processing (fast amygdala response), Social rejection and anticipated social rejection activate (social rejection as pain), and Cognitive Dissonance Drives Information Avoidance (cognitive dissonance). Heen and Stone's trigger taxonomy provides the prescriptive classification system that enables differential response rather than undifferentiated defensiveness.