Triggers are your friends, showing you where you are not free

Being triggered means, you are re-experiencing a trauma, an unhealed wound.

What to do when you experience being triggered?

1. Recognize the trigger.
2. Take a moment to pause and focus on your breathing.
3. Instead of reacting try to go within.
4. Say out loud or silently: "Thank you for showing this to me."
5. Repeat ' step 4' as many times as you need.
6. Give yourself love and forgiveness, And to all involved.
7. Notice how you feel.

To start with, let me get this straight;
Being triggered can be very painful and challenging.
And none of us are perfect, and always be on top of things, and stop and reflect on what just came up every single time.

It is like a muscle in some ways. The more you practice, the easier it is to use.

It's about being able to be present when you get triggered and be able to pause and reflect.

None of us will be able to do this every single time when we get triggered. And that is OK. Don't be so harsh on yourself.

A lot of our reactions to triggers are in situations we are not even aware if being triggered.

Start noticing in your everyday life where you have a reaction to situations or people. As long as you have a reaction or an emotion that is not neutral or positive, it is something to be looked at. . .

The benefit of going into therapy is looking at yourself, and your behaviors towards yourself, others, and situations.
Finding your triggers, and where they may come from.

Even if we can reflect days later on a reaction to a trigger, it is great progress and brings you closer to the ability to pause next time before reacting, and even to dig and find the root cause of the problem.

Much Love, Petra 💜

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