How's your EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS?

 

On any given day, you probably experience a range of emotions, name it, excitement, unease, frustration, joy,  disappointment.  Quite often, these often relate to specific events, such as talking specifics with a friend, meeting with your boss, or seeing and meeting the apple of your eyes?  NOT surprising, our human responses to these events can vary based on our frame of mind and the circumstances surrounding the situation.  YES, an emotional trigger is anything, include those experiences and memories. How's your EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS???

Health experts always tell us that EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS is a very key component of good EMOTIONAL health.  The harsh truth here is that EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS are indeed associated with post-traumatic stress disorder [PTSD].  The bigger picture of our life reflects a mile-long list of common situations that trigger intense emotions.  Rejection.  Betrayal.  Unjust treatment.  Challenged beliefs.  Helplessness.  Loss of control.  Being ignored.  Resistance to criticism.  Feeling unwanted.  Insecurity.  Even feeling smothered OR too needed!@#$%?

Back to the health experts, they counsel us to listen to our mind and body.  And a key step in learning to recognize your triggers involves paying attention WHEN situations generate a strong emotional response. BTW, it is an outlier if we will get into those EMOTIONAL pitfalls NOT until you yourself would experience those common manifestations like pounding heart, upset stomach, sweaty palms, name it💥💥💥

SO, WHAT NEXT?  We are always on the receiving end of this two-word advice: STEP BACK.  WHICH means, WHEN we detect OR start manifesting any of these, STEP BACK to take stock of things and consider WHAT just happened including the result OR response that it seemed to have activated.  Let's take a lift from movie-like settings like the wifey spent the whole day doing deep cleaning at home and even rearranging the living room.  WHEN hubby comes home, he is oblivious of everything and quickly settles on the sofa😕😕😕

Our takeaway:  I've seen it many times that we do STEP BACK after we OR someone has blown his/her top.  Problem is, they stop there instead of tracing the very root cause by following back and thinking back the situation that led you to feel WHAT you're currently feeling.  As the old cliche goes, IT TAKES 2 TO TANGO.  If we break that jinx, it may NOT have been such a gargantuan task, right?  So, HOW'S YOUR EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS❓❓❓