When someone hurts me by accident, my first instinct is to hit...

When someone hurts me by accident, my first instinct is to hit them back.

Like once when my best friend gripped my hand too tight, I elbowed her in the ribs, or another time when a friend nudged me a little too hard, I smacked the back of his head.

I do not fully comprehend this defense mechanism of attack. This knee-jerk reaction of open claws and closed fists against people innocently extending human interaction.

You do not get to touch me in the way I do not want to be touched, but still I...