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❓❓❓

How's Your EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS

How's Your EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS

How's Your EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS?  Please DON'T get me wrong though.  I'm asking this question NOT to feign a teflon life because I had my fair share of all those unwieldy EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS.  And when EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS happen in relationships. that could be a real pain.  Imagine your partner/spouse said or did something struck your nerve❓❓❓

It's just normal to manifest that SURGE OF ANGER, just like a volcano about to erupt.  BUT instead of letting it out it's best that we stuff it down, lock it away in an EMOTIONAL DUNGEON and just shut it down there.  And then you would think you have matured by avoiding unnecessary fights BUT you will be proven WRONG though.  And that WON'T be helpful because that's a 'ticking time bomb'📗📙📘

And when you got a 'ticking time bomb' with you, definitely that will go off, leading to much bigger [and probably] messier arguments.  So HOW do we deal with our EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS?  First, let's agree that EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS are events, situations OR even words that cause intense emotional reactions within us💎💎💎

And we got to understand that a lot of those EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS can stem from past traumatic experiences, negative beliefs or fears.  Sadly, they can have a significant impact to our life because they can lead to emotional distress, relationship conflicts and worse even physical symptoms. By,  understanding EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS, we can gain insight into our reactions and patterns of behavior❎❎❎

This awareness should help us gain insight into our own reactions and patterns of behavior and correspondingly allows us to take more CONTROL of our emotions and respond in a healthier and more constructive way.  'SELF-REGULATION' is essential in managing EMOTIONAL TRIGGERS because it gives us the power to pause, reflect and choose how we want to react.  It empowers us to make conscious choices rather than being driven solely by emotions✅✅✅