When it lasts for months, it's usually because it's stopped being a reaction and has become the ground you're standing on. Either something underneath it hasn't had a chance to actually be processed, or the situation that originally triggered it is still happening in some form, and the nervous system never got the signal that it's safe to come down.
What does it feel like from the inside? More like you can't come down, or more like you keep getting pulled back in?
It’s so true that until a therapy session I had no one had ever given me a framework to deal with a trigger. This was a really good guide and reminder. Thank you!!
That means a lot, thank you for sharing that! And honestly it says something real. Most people go through life collecting triggers with no map for what's actually happening or what to do with it. The fact that one conversation gave you a framework you're still using says a lot about how ready you were to receive it. That kind of thing sticks.
What if this trigger reaction lasts months?
When it lasts for months, it's usually because it's stopped being a reaction and has become the ground you're standing on. Either something underneath it hasn't had a chance to actually be processed, or the situation that originally triggered it is still happening in some form, and the nervous system never got the signal that it's safe to come down.
What does it feel like from the inside? More like you can't come down, or more like you keep getting pulled back in?
It’s so true that until a therapy session I had no one had ever given me a framework to deal with a trigger. This was a really good guide and reminder. Thank you!!
That means a lot, thank you for sharing that! And honestly it says something real. Most people go through life collecting triggers with no map for what's actually happening or what to do with it. The fact that one conversation gave you a framework you're still using says a lot about how ready you were to receive it. That kind of thing sticks.