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Ask a Therapist: What do I do When I am Triggered?
Have you ever over-reacted so strongly and later found yourself thinking
“Why did I do that? What was I thinking? Why did I respond that way? What is wrong with me?”
What if I told you that nothing was wrong with you and in fact, everything was right? Meaning: your survival system is working the way it was set up to work, but sometimes it receives an incorrect message and sends out survival impulses and energy when it is not needed.
Growing through the Depths
The word “depth” has a few different explanations of what it means. In one definition it can mean “the distance from the top or surface to the bottom of something.” It can also mean “the quality of being intense.”
My days were busy, my life chaotic, and then… I got pregnant. I realized then that I needed to go to the depths of my pain in order to confront and move beyond everything that it affected in my life. The journey, still continuing years later; has been the most intense, emotional, heartbreaking, restorative experience I could have ever allowed myself to go through. Here are the Top 5 things I learned through this ongoing process: