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Trauma recovery
Identify triggers
Gently map what activates you, without judgment.
A trigger is anything that makes your nervous system react as if the original danger is happening again — even when you're actually safe. Naming triggers isn't about avoiding life; it's about understanding your own alarm system.
What's a recent moment you felt suddenly on edge, overwhelmed, or shut down?
Looking back, what happened right before that shift — a sound, a phrase, a tone, a situation?
What would it look like to have a plan for the next time that trigger shows up?