How do I identify a trigger?

Sometimes it can be very hard identifying what triggers you, but usually whatever it is causes a big reaction, whether it's you shutting down, having a meltdown or a panic attack (at least that's from my experience). Usually, for me at least, when I get triggered, depending on how bad it is, I shut down, become non-verbal, and start hyperventilating and having a panic attack. It's different for everyone, but usually whatever the event was right before this sort of thing happens could point you in the right direction as to what might have caused you to become triggered.

sometimes it can happen so many times you just know. maybe you feel not ok or not right, you feel your in the wrong place at the wrrong time.Someone rejecting you. Someone leaving you (or the threat that they will). Helplessness over painful situations. Someone discounting or ignoring you. Someone being unavailable to you. Someone giving you a disapproving look. Someone blaming or shaming you. Someone being judgmental or critical of you. Someone being too busy to make time for you. Someone not appearing to be happy to see you. Someone coming on to you sexually in a needy ut, I was unable or unconscious of how to get out of this pattern of behavior

Feel your body. Are you feeling anxious? Overwhelmed? Paranoid? Excited? An easy way to get into the body is to feel your breath. What's it doing? Is it moving fast or slow? Once you've identified that you are indeed triggered, try to figure out what's causing it? The man over there, the woman in the corner? Maybe it's just a general sort of fear. The best thing to counter this fear is to just be present. Start to look around the room. What do you notice? The shade of the sun, the way the wood makes patterns on your table, and just try your best to remember that you are here. You are right where you need to be. You are a human on this Earth and no one deserves to be here more or less than you.

First you need to understand what a trigger is and the impact it has on an individual/a trigger is anything that causes a reaction in an individual/a trigger can be positive as well as negative/but for now we'll focus on the ones that cause a negative reaction or an episode/these being hair pulling/nail biting/cheek biting or any number of destructive behaviors/one way to identify a trigger is to keep a journal and keep a log of any episodes ans what event or incident occurred prior to the episode/so after a while a person gets to know what situations trigger these episodes and can avoid them in the future/Hopefully because it's only works if the individual keeps the journal/

One way to identify a trigger is by behavior. Did you react with negative behavior when something triggered you? Or did you react with positive behavior? Behaviors and emotions can let us know what we do and do not like about a situation or experience. It can also cause us to be risky and relapse to a prior habit or thought. Some people understand it as common sense not to engage in risky behaviors and some people learn from experiences in their past. Learning to manage emotions can help control triggers if you know how you are going to react in a certain situation. You are the expert of you and what you think your triggers would be.

When you face a trigger you may: Feel very upset or become emotionally and or physically numb. Your heart may speed up or slow down brusquely. You may react strongly using a lot words like "you always" and "you never" or "I always" and "I never". Which are probably not accurate. And these absolutes are used to state something negative. You may feel down for days after being triggered. You may freeze, feel an urge to flee or to fight/yell. Or feel helpless and try desperately and anxiously to de-escalate the situation even at a personal cost. You may feel anxious and sick in your body. You may feel depressed after exposure. You may be overwhelmed with negative thoughts after. You may have nightmares about the event, have difficulty falling or staying asleep. You may break down crying. You may react in ways that you do not remember. You may feel like avoiding certain places, people, things or situations that remind you anyhow of a traumatic event. Whatever elicits these reactions is probably a trigger.

Well, it may take many situations to narrow down the trigger word or action, but you want to really stay intune with your emotions to figure out where you fluctuate when things are done. Paying attention to how you feel in many scenarios, good or bad, helps you identify what you enjoy and boosts you vs. what negatively effects you. Once you have a grasp on that "list" you can start testing the waters on each of the actions again, or words, and figure another list of intensity of emotion. Once you have intensity figured out too, you can be able to tackle any trigger, good or bad, and practice productivity in each emotion.

For me, it has always been difficult to identify triggers because I tend to tamp down my emotions. However, something that I have found helpful is an acronym called SIFT. SIFT stands for Sensations, Images, Feelings, and Thoughts. When I feel myself getting triggered and I can't figure out why I try to focus on the sensation in my body. Am I feeling nauseous? Does my throat feel like it's closing up? Then, I try to focus on what images are running through my head. What am I seeing in my mind at that moment that might be contributing to those body sensations? Next, I focus on feelings. What emotions are those images in my head eliciting, and how are they connected to the sensations I'm feeling? Lastly, I focus on my thoughts. What sentences are running through my brain? How do they change the sensations I'm feeling? Once you get better at running through that sequence, it gets easier to identify how all of those things are connected and what started the trigger!

A trigger is something that easily makes you mad. It will set you off instantly and it gets you very angry. It can be a sensitive topic for you or it can be someone bulling your friends. It could also be someone getting mad at you and calling you hurtful and mean names. I identify a trigger as something that can bery easily make me mad like someone yelling harshly at me. That will set me off instantly but I use my self control to calm down. I try not to get triggered to easily but it can happen. Everyone gets mad and angry. What matters is that you don't sin with your anger and hurt someone else.

A trigger is an object or an event that causes remembering past traumatic experiences. When one faces a trigger, an emotional and physical responses may follow. Emotional response may happen with the same intensity as during the time of trauma or abuse. Examples of emotional response include panic, sudden fear, extreme worry etc. Physical response examples are shortness of breath, sweaty palms, unsettled tummy (the feeling of "bad" butterflies), heart palpitations, dry mouth and others. For example, a toy similar to the one that the person had in childhood may rise up the memories of child abuse if it was happening right after the child played with the toy.