Triggers

Triggers are signals that trigger a specific emotional, cognitive, or behavioral response.

Definition

The trigger may be a place, person, word, time of day, smell, memory, thought, or body condition. In habits, a stimulus triggers a routine, and in emotional reactions it may activate previous associations and defense strategies. Recognizing your triggers is not about avoiding your entire life, but about designing a safer response.

Key ideas

Missing key ideas.

Practice and life

After a repeated reaction, write down: what was right before it, where I was, with whom, what I felt in my body and what thought occurred. After a few saves, look for repetition.

Common misunderstanding

It is wrong to use the word "trigger" as an explanation to end the analysis. The trigger itself is the beginning of the map, not the entire map.

Questions for self-reflection

No questions for self-reflection.

Sources

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