HOW TO FIX EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS IN 5 STEPS
Article by Lauren Dragon-Cook
How to Fix Emotional Triggers in 5 Steps
How many of us hate triggers? *Everyone’s hand goes up* How many of us use our triggers to our benefit.
Triggers shine the light on our unprocessed emotions or unhealed wounds that are currently stuck within us. We often feel discomfort, anger, unsettled, or upset when something triggers us because it sets us off emotionally.
It is time to shift a little perspective now. I want to encourage you to begin viewing your triggers as a gift; they mirror back to us the shadows and traumas that have long since been “forgotten” and gone unprocessed.
When we allow ourselves to feel the trigger in its entirety, we begin to appreciate this form of feedback our body provides.
What To Do When You Become Triggered:
Sit and Pause.
Witness what’s occurring for you internally.
Identify how the trigger made you feel. (“I felt _____.” Fill in the blank: judged, unworthy, betrayed, unloved, unseen…)
Send out appreciation for the response.
Release it and continue your day.
The key here is to begin reprogramming your mind to be grateful for your triggers will allow you to heal traumas and wounds you didn’t realize were still affecting you at a subconscious level.
