[Pikku Myy]

What do you do in order not to get upset and triggered? I am having a very difficult time just now trying to understand

I avoid reading about the subject that triggers me. This means no newspapers and i avoid the news as well.

[CeeQue]

What's upsetting you? I think the answer depends on the trigger. If a friend or family member upsets me for some reason, I either tell them (calmly) or decide it's not worth bothering about in the big scheme of things and forget about it. With strangers/random people, I try to assume that they didn't mean anything by what they did.

[Pikku Myy]

Really worried about my daughter...

[Webgoji]

To avoid triggers ... I could never leave my house. So ... trigger away and I'll figure it out from there.

[lizardlady]

Originally Posted by Pikku Myy

Really worried about my daughter...

Pikku, what are you worried about? Is there something happening that involves your daughter? Worrying about danger to a loved one is rational.

In terms of dealing with triggers, I'm with IT. When I'm in a bad place in life I avoid the things I know will trigger me. On the other hand, I've had periods in life where everything triggered me. I learned to ask myself if whatever triggered me was an actual physical danger to me. If it was not a danger I would tell myself I was safe. If it was a physical danger I'd tell myself I had a reason to be fearful and that I should get out of the situation.