Trigger: What are they trying to tell you?

Before we begin to understand what a trigger is trying to tell us, we need to clearly understand what it is not a trigger. So, first let’s think about the differences.

When someone hurts your feelings, you’re not being triggered. When you lose the argument, you are not triggered. When you lose a friend due to arguments or differences in value, you are not triggered. When you feel, you are not triggered I’m worried or It was pushed down. When you feel humiliated or angry at what someone says or is doing, you are not being triggered.

Unless there is These things remind you of past trauma and send you back to the same emotions and thoughts you had or immediately after that trauma. trauma. Without connection to past trauma, it cannot truly be considered a trigger. It may create difficult emotions, but these are not called triggers unless you send you back to past trauma.

The trigger for the word used here is the ratio phorus of the gun trigger. Pull the trigger and the gun will disappear. In the same way, emotional or psychological triggers are usually sudden, sudden, and instantly felt internal events, returning to the emotions and thoughts surrounding past trauma.

The trigger can be subtle or obvious. An example of obvious events that could trigger is when others start walking near you, in the middle of a loud, debate. If there were no similar previous trauma, it may not be triggered, but there may be other emotional reactions to the current event. But if it’s a trigger, it might return to an event where your thoughts and feelings have done very similar things in the past, and it became a physically abusive encounter.

A more subtle example of triggers may be smells or sounds that return to previous trauma. In fact, in these cases it is the body that first responds to this subtle trigger. You may start to feel the heart’s motion pit and start to breathe rapidly. These body reactions are responses to sensory triggers. However, those experiencing these physical reactions may not connect the dots between the sensory trigger and the body reaction until they have time to reflect later.

What is the trigger trying to tell you?

Mainly, a trigger is intended to inform you of one or both of two things.

1. You are not safe. That feeling may actually be a warning from your mind. boundaryending a relationship, may be feelings that do not necessarily reflect the real problem. In other words, we can sometimes feel unsafe, even if the situation doesn’t guarantee that feeling. Otherwise, it’s a warning that you don’t feel safe.
2. I’m not completely done with my previous psychological work on trauma. This is do not have You have failed at your job, or you have Should I’m doing better at this point. It simply means there’s more to do.

The feeling of unsafe is very helpful when it comes as a warning sign that you are in an indeed unsafe situation. You are probably in a dangerous relationship. Perhaps you’ve found your workplace toxic in a way that makes it seem dangerous to you. Perhaps you’re just walking down the street and something happens. We can be very thank you Because of this kind of trigger, it may remind you of your previous trauma, but it also tells you that you don’t want to repeat that trauma.

The situation is really unsafe, but the feeling of unsafe is a very common type of trigger. Even one of your own thoughts, something subtle or obvious, reminds you of previous trauma, and you feel very worried, panic and uncertain about what to do to eliminate emotions or correct a perceived situation. This is the case for special measures such as breathing exercises. meditationgrounding technology, and the use of certain apps may be at work. This may also be the time to talk to someone you trust or therapist to not only deal with the specific reaction you have, but also to recognize and process your previous trauma and its reaction.

And, as mentioned above, you may still have the psychological work to do to place trauma in the past they belong to. But is the trigger saying you feel unsafe, or is it saying that more should be done, or both, is it useful? They don’t bother you, or make you feel “sick” or “normal.” They are simply trying to help you take care of yourself.

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