Triggers suck. There, I said it. Granted, that’s probably not the most eloquent way to start a post. But it is the most honest I can be about the way it feels to stumble around a psychological minefield of trauma triggers, hoping and praying that one doesn’t go off.
In my journey of learning to live with complex-post traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD), I have become increasingly aware of how many triggers I have and how quickly my world can fall apart if I don’t know how to appropriately process and manage those triggers promptly.
Learning how to recognize, process and manage my triggers is a choice I make every day to advance my recovery and help ensure that I do not get stuck in trauma.
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