How do I identify a trigger?

I would say you begin to remember certain things that made you sad or upset for instance. You can always vent in here with us, and maybe figure out a way to cope. A way to cope for me is listening music, go to my room and just get away for a moment of a certain person that makes me feel bad. Please remember that it can take a while to find a listener that fits you. Please don't be discouraged. You can always use the filter with the topic and check the verified listeners. Thanks for trusting in us.

Psych central says, "Triggers are very personal; different things trigger different people. The survivor may begin to avoid situations and stimuli that she/he thinks triggered the flashback. She/he will react to this flashback, trigger with an emotional intensity similar to that at the time of the trauma. A person’s triggers are activated through one or more of the five senses: sight, sound, touch, smell and taste." Personally when a trigger happens, I get immense anxiety over something I see either on the TV or in real life. It doesn't necessarily need to be linked to a memory, it just needs to cause immense emotion.

When you start to feel the anger out of nowhere, you know you are triggered. Sometimes it is the overwhelming sadness. Commonly you feel you are losing control of your negative emotions. And you are about to say something or do something that you may feel regret afterwards. A trigger may make you feel that you are attacked. So you do something to defend yourself. From my experience, I would say a trigger makes my ego feel pain. Acting on an impulse, I search my frantic brain for any way to fight off my attack my attacker. If you have experience of something similar, start to make mental notes. Once you feel certain negative emotion coming up, exit and calm yourself down.

Identifying a trigger takes knowing yourself. Understanding things that were very difficult in the past including traumatic events cause the mind to go to a dark place. Is it bad to be triggered? In my opinion, no it isn't. Your brain and body sensations of fight and flight are protective. A trigger can feel like it is difficult to breathe, as though you want to run, scream or physically hurt someone or even burst out in tears from an unknown reason. All of these emotions are trying to tell you that a particular situation of period from the past isn't quite resolved. What is happening in the present is causing your brain and body conflict. Identifying the emotion that is brought up and considering what about the present is bothersome will be a guide to knowing yourself better and identifying triggers.

A trigger is something that can make you anxious. afraid, upset (any emotional imbalance suddenly that leads to a negative emotion). If something makes you feel like this (example: clowns), and it is a feeling that repeats itself, you are likely experiencing a trigger. Doing research online around triggers that you have self-identified, joining online communities that are specifically geared towards your self-identified triggers, and, if financially possible, connecting with a therapist could be good starting steps to learning about your triggers. If your trigger is an everyday event, figuring out a way to minimize or completely eliminate the trigger's influence can help reduce symptoms. If you are unable to do this, finding coping mechanisms that aid you after you've become triggered can be helpful. Hope that this answer was informative and helpful!

I think it's helpful to pay attention to how your body and mind feel, and the environment you are in. If you feel a certain "triggering" feeling every time you encounter a certain person or place, it can be helpful to look more deeply at that experience. Narrow down what types of people or places cause you to react or act/feel a certain way and then spend some time peeling down the layers. Is it someone else's tone or words, or based on your own preferences and experiences? Once you can identify the patterns of how you or others behave or the environments which bring out a certain feeling, you can better understand yourself and other people.

I would identify a trigger based on whether the person feels extremely anxious, or faces other physical and/or mental detriorative aspects, including the loss of breathing, a constriction in normal bodily processes such as a simple act of walking. Triggers need to be taken into account immediately and acted upon, so as to make sure that the person does not hurt themselves or someone around them, when in a fit of rage brought upon by triggering. Ideally, one would work on them by trying to disprove the very factors that caused the triggering to take place originally. This will help them figure out how to help themselves better.

Logging down your behaviors from an event that triggered an emotion in a journal or such, can help. Try to keep track! Along with reflecting on past events, and identifying what might've made you upset is very helpful! Try thinking back to moment you didn't feel so great, and try to identify the moment it happened, and what caused it. Also looking for patterns in your behavior. (ex: What made me feel this way? Have I felt this way before? How many times have I felt this way before? What event can I trace to this emotion?) Asking yourself questions can help with identifying a tigger(s). Logging down these questions can certainly help get to the bottom of your triggers, why they're happening and what they are. Hope this helps!

A trigger is when you feel an intense negative emotion after something has occurred. When you get triggered, identify what intense emotion you feel (e.g. anger, anxiety, depression). Then, identify what happened that made you feel that way. Try and keep track on what intense emotion you feel over time, and the events that triggered you to feel those emotions until you see a pattern. To give a personal example, I feel intense anger when someone says something in a way that implies I am 'not good enough'. I was driving one day with my mother, and I might have braked a bit harder than usual to stop at a red traffic light. Being the cautious type she was, she told me to 'be careful when driving.' I was triggered and felt intense anger because I felt I 'wasn't good enough'.

A 'Trigger' is anything that can induce any emotions, feelings or memories upon you.. it can be visual, auditory, gustatory, olfactory, tactile or evental(~). Not all people has the same triggers. The triggers vary to everyone or may have similarities to someone else. To identify what triggers you you may ask auestions like these to yourself: -"Has this event had made any feelings or sensations surface to my conscious?" -"Has this person's words made me stress more or get me nervous?" -"Did that picture made me recall any memorable events?" Triggers can make negative emotions appear and bother us, or bring pain like one's words may get one upset or angered. A trigger though isn't necessarily bad. For example, seeing balloons reminded one of a birthday they enjoyed.