Emotional Triggers and Ways of Improving Emotional Wellbeing!

Emotional Triggers hit us and then the reaction often causes an overwhelming sensation!

Join Lorraine Nilon as she give some tips and ways of understanding the way to self-care when emotionally triggered.

Here are the key points from the podcast on emotional triggers:

1. Definition of Trigger: Triggers are involuntary reactions that recall traumatic experiences or activate specific filters created from past experiences.

2. Variety of Triggers: Triggers can be traumatic experiences, fear-induced, or related to playing mind games with oneself.

3. Reactions to Emotional Triggers:

Reactions to triggers vary from shutdown to explosive behavior, and individuals may develop habitual reactions like eating or drinking to cope.

4. Unconscious Suppression: Unresolved emotions and experiences are suppressed and stored energetically within the soul, leading to triggers when they resurface.

5. Types of Reactions: Reactions to triggers include fight, flight, hide, freeze, and fawn, each representing different coping mechanisms.

6. Handling Emotional Triggers: Acknowledge the trigger, remind yourself that you are safe, identify your feelings, and approach reflection with self-compassion.

7. Self-Reflection and improving emotional wellbeing: Reflect on the trigger without judgment or shame, treating yourself with kindness and compassion, and seeking solutions rather than trying to fix the problem.

8. Acceptance, Forgiveness, Emotional Trauma and Self-Care: Acceptance of past experiences and forgiveness of oneself for reactions to trauma are crucial for healing and releasing shame.

9. Understanding Indifference to Improve Emotional Well-being: Consider how others’ indifference towards you affects your reactions and self-perception.

10. Empowerment, Self-Care and Dealing With Emotional Trauma: Empower yourself to confront triggers, explore unresolved emotions, and build self-awareness and resilience.

These points emphasize the importance of acknowledging, understanding, and compassionately addressing triggers to promote emotional healing and growth.

 

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