Emotional Triggers: How to Identify and Manage Them
Being an overly emotional person, I've always been susceptible to easy emotional triggering. It had basically become second nature. Lol. That's when I knew I had to learn my emotional triggers and regulate myself. Emotional triggers are the things, places, people, or situations that activate intense emotional responses within you. The root causes of emotional triggers include past experiences, traumas, or deeply held beliefs. All these have the power to instantly activate your "fight-or-flight" response in any situation. When you are triggered, your body and mind immediately decide to either fight or flee as a way of trying to protect you from the perceived danger. You get triggered when present stimuli unconsciously reminds you of past traumatic or difficult events. When you are triggered, your body and mind immediately decide to either fight or flee as a way of trying to protect you from the perceived danger. Your brain stores sensory information related...