Triggers

Emotional triggers are when someone says or does something that causes you to suddenly feel anxious, sad, angry, and/or overwhelmed. When triggered it can take hours, sometimes, days to calm down. In some cases when calming down from a trigger you wonder what happened, or why that bothered you as much as it did. When affected you may think you are losing control of yourself and feel there is no hope. Whether you feel your life is threatened, you have intense feelings of sadness, or are suddenly anxious for a period of time there tends to be a cause. Everything seems to happen all at once as the body and mind are taken back to a time that does not exist from your past. We don’t need to consciously remember events but our body remembers how it felt when we were being chased, you were told you were scum of the earth, or couldn’t get out words during that last public speaking event. These past events were emotionally disturbing and your body remembers. A Mental health trigger can be difficult to spot and can be rooted in trauma. Find out how we can help today in Pleasant Grove with sudden feelings that occur when others say, do, or respond in ways that cause you to feel the past.