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How easily do you find you can identify triggers?

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Last Updated: 05/25/2021 at 3:47am
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Anonymous
April 28th, 2015 1:25am
Its not easy to find triggers all the time, I still find it hard to finger out some of mine, I just work on them one at a time head on and use my Mindful tools
markj7511
May 11th, 2015 9:32pm
Triggers can be tricky and slip up on you, but, if you know what the negative behavior is associated with the trigger (like eating if someone hurts your feelings), you can work backward and figure out your triggers. Make a list. When you go for the comfort, write down what triggered you to need that comfort. Before long, you will have them readily identified--once you identify them, well, that's half the battle.
maggicantdraw
August 2nd, 2015 9:20pm
It depends on the person. For me, it would be a picture of blades, cuts, or blood. If you're trying to identify triggers, try looking at whatever you suspect could be a trigger. If you want to cut/harm, look away immediately. If not, then whatever it is most likely is not a trigger.
zaix
October 25th, 2015 11:09pm
Identifying triggers isn't always the easiest thing to do. Things that make you feel a certain way are normally triggers.
Emily619
October 27th, 2015 11:34pm
I can identify triggers in other people easily, but, sometimes, if the person hides their feelings, then maybe it will be difficult. As far as triggers in myself, quite easily.
beYOUtiful365
- Expert in Eating Disorder
November 30th, 2015 11:41pm
A trigger is something that causes another thing to happen. With mental health, triggers usually cause anxiety or symptoms that relate to the mental illness one may suffer from,
DancingAlong
December 4th, 2015 7:05pm
Identifying triggers can be really difficult. I started by noting down every time I engaged in harmful behaviors, and what was happening right before them. Over time I noticed a pattern and was able to see my biggest triggers. Some of them were obvious, some were more subtle.
Anonymous
November 2nd, 2020 3:20pm
I idenify my triggers on a medium-to-high basis because I try to dig deeper into it, like introspection, and ask questons about the surface level problem. For example, I felt jealous of my partner's friend and was at some point resentful that they talked a bit but then I tried to sit back and think about it and it had nothing really to do with the both of them. The feelings I felt and acted on were caused by my low self-esteem, seeing my father with people that were supposed to be friends of the opposite gender but weren't and ect. Now, I can work on the trigger because I found the root/deeper cause.
Anonymous
May 25th, 2021 3:47am
I find triggers very quickly, I don't have a lot of them, and when I get triggered I calm my breathing and say to myself that helping this member is the first priority and that helps me calm down and I can help the person better after that I go to a listener support group to help myself they help a lot I identify triggers easily based on the training I got in 7 cups which helps a lot and helping should be our priority and if it becomes more than i can handle i refer them to other listeners and politely exit