How To Use Emotional Overreactions To Examine Your Unconscious

What are "emotional overreactions", and how can they help me examine my unconscious?

We all have a dial for our emotions. If someone you know dies, you're very, very sad. If someone you've never met dies, you might register that it's a sad thing, but you probably shouldn't be inconsolable. If the death of a total stranger makes you completely inconsolable, that's an emotional overreaction. That means there's something you're anxious about that's coming out in ways that you really can't see on a conscious level. You know, a great example is- a child spills a glass of milk, and the father goes berserk. That's emotional overreaction, probably having to do with some kind of anxiety the father can't deal with.