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Oct 23, 2009, 07:36 AM
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Can you tell I'm new at this whole therapy thing?
 I've read some posts that mention triggers. But I'm a bit confused about what that is. Is this something I know upsets me when I talk about it or read about it? |
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Oct 23, 2009, 07:41 AM
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(Assuming I am the expert here, and know what I am talking about!  )
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Oct 23, 2009, 10:02 AM
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Trigger is just at term for anything (could be a song, a color, the way someone says something) that elicits an emotional reaction. It can be conscious or unconcious, but usually what is happening, is that you are reacting to something that has signficantly affected you in the past. I think that on these boards, triggers are often perceived as negative, but there can be positive triggers, too.
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Oct 23, 2009, 10:49 AM
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The funny part with me and triggers is I do understand now why they happen, but they still happen anyhow...
Knowing the whys helps it to make sense and I am better able to work through them more quickly, though. |
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Oct 25, 2009, 03:10 AM
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Last week, in T's waiting room, he had a new book out. He always has a collection of books to browse through while waiting, and I've been going there so long that I notice immediately if a new one is there. Anyhow, this new book has a title that is very triggering to me. It made me kind of angry--I thought, how can T have this book in his room?!  I picked it up and read through some of it and what was inside did not really match the meaning I had assigned to the title. But, I still don't like it. It is definitely triggering for me. I think next time I will turn it face down or something, or put it on the floor under the table.
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Oct 25, 2009, 03:26 PM
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Thats what feeling triggered is. in therapy therapist want to know the kinds of things that do this to you so they can help you find ways to make yourself feel better and possibly find ways so that you dont get triggered so much about the things that bother you. |
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Oct 25, 2009, 07:06 PM
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amandalouise- Thank you for explaining it to me that way. Totally makes sense to me. I will have to start paying more attention to myself so I can figure out what some of mine are.
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Oct 28, 2009, 10:31 AM
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Oct 28, 2009, 10:33 PM
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I told my former T that it felt like I was being injected with the wrong blood type. It's an internal struggle and it usually carries with it something very meaningful and important.
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