Anyone else.........

[Liketheducks]

Does anyone else default to something akin to an insecure "child" state when faced with a struggle?    For example, my go to when I go through the general adult normal levels of everyday, say, rejection OR rudeness from someone.....etc.......I immediately go to a state when my first big trauma occurred.   IF the issue is small enough I go there first and have to rally myself into remembering that I'm really 53 and can take care of myself, thank you.    OR, if the issue is BIG enough, I go into dissociation until the threat is passed and then I'm experience all of the emotion all at once....usually culminating in me having a major sob until it's all out.   
It could be an issue with my parents and FOO, or flying monkeys, or a bad day at work.   

[Spring Butterfly]

I've heard it referred to as amygdala hijack. The fear from the past trauma is activated. It's very real but displaced in time.

[Marmiteh14]

Yes, when facing authority figures I cry. Pretty much every time. I totally revert back to that fearful child, terrified of being "told off".

I also seek permission from anyone and everyone to do anything. Having always been told what to do growing up, I now have no idea how to make a decision and see it through. And if that decision I make is wrong? Then whoa! I'm right back to that terrified child, awaiting my punishment from whoever finds out.

[Jolie40]

PD parent was bossy/bossed me around

at one of my jobs as an adult, I immediately recognized how my new boss was "bossy"
I liked the job but ended up leaving in less than a month
just couldn't handle being bossed around