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Originally Posted by SoupDragon
I guess, as children, when exposed to such things, without the adult thoughts or power to deal with it, strategies are learned to survive. There are probably limited options as kids though, as we still depend on parents for shelter, food etc.
So I do think these same feelings can get triggered as adults in similar circumstances.
Probably a good first step in over coming this, to be open to explore it and recognise when it may be happening and then learning to respond to the situation, in a different way.
Not sure how to do this yet, I'm still in the exploring stage.
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It's such a long road isn't it? One thing I have to work on is my ability to recognize when I'm getting triggered at work and using grounding techniques to settle myself down. I'm better at that when I'm at home sometimes, but only if I catch it early. Once it builds to a certain point, for some reason, the thought of using grounding techniques doesn't even occur to me.
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