Your triggers aren't random reactions to what's happening now. They're your body remembering past rejection or abandonment. When you overthink or shut down, ask yourself what this is reminding you of, then let yourself feel it instead of running from it.
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Oh, those triggers, those emotional triggers that make you overthink, shut down, or go off on someone who didn't really do anything wrong. You have a mindset of, that's just how I am, but it's really not. It's actually your body remembering what it felt like to be rejected, abandoned, and oftentimes unseen. You see, here's the problem. You think you're reacting to the person in front of you, but what you're really doing is reacting to the person behind them. See, it's the one who hurt you years ago. That's why you often chase love that feels unavailable or push people away for the ones to actually stay, because your body is still trying to protect you from a wound it never got to heal. You say you want peace, but your triggers keep pulling you back into that war. You see, triggers are tied to traumas. Healing isn't about avoiding the trigger. It is about facing it. And when it hits, you need to ask yourself, what is this reminding See, that question is where the healing starts. You can't heal what you refuse to feel. You gotta allow yourself to feel it, and then you can face it. If I can help you do that, please reach out to me. Thank you.