John Lee, author of The Anger Solution, talks about emotional regression. This occurs when one stops thinking with the Neocortex, and, allows the thoughts to regress to the more primitive parts of the brain (he calls them reptilian).
"The neocortex is part of the cerebral cortex..." -wikipedia.
We regress, when the environment presents the right conditions, to survival, or fight-or-flight mode. This was described, in John Lee's book, within the context of arguments. Sometimes you may think you are arguing with the person in front of you while, all along, you are arguing with someone from you past; perhaps someone who made you feel somewhat helpless.
It is possible from someone to make you feel something if they have power over you. This is something I know from my own experience, not from John Lee's book.
Is the reaction disproportional to the circumstance? That is one of the points of anger management.
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