# The Snake and the Saw: How Emotional Reactions Cause Harm

- Original post: https://www.twitter.com/i/status/2121391056076022152
- Source account: [@ChristCert](https://x.com/ChristCert)
- Source language: English
- Duration: 1:03
- Published: 2026-11-14
- Canonical URL: https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm

## Transcript

[0:00](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm) A snake was crawling over a saw. The saw gave him a small cut, a tiny one, but the snake thought the saw was attacking him.

[0:06](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=6) He turned around and bit it, and cut his own mouth.

[0:10](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=10) Furious, he wrapped himself around it with all his strength to crush it, and the harder he squeezed, the deeper he cut himself, until he died.

[0:18](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=18) It wasn't the saw that killed him, it was his reaction.

[0:21](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=21) There's a concept called the wild horse effect.

[0:23](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=23) A small bat bites a horse. The wound is nothing, but the horse panics and runs until he collapses.

[0:29](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=29) A small wound and a big reaction, that's what does the real damage.

[0:33](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=33) And it happens to us every day. Someone leaves you a nasty comment, you snap back, and it stays in your head all day.

[0:39](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=39) Someone provokes you in a small argument, and you turn it into a battle.

[0:43](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=43) And in the end, your life, your time, and your energy go into things you could have let go in two seconds.

[0:49](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=49) So, before you let someone make your blood boil, remember the snake and the saw.

[0:53](https://www.translate.mom/transcript/zFrge63eDAfX/en/the-snake-and-the-saw-how-emotional-reactions-cause-harm?t=53) Not every battle is worth fighting. Share this video with someone who needs it.