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288: The Gift of Triggers
No one likes the feeling of getting triggered. But I fully believe that triggers are a GIFT (yes, I said it!).
Getting triggered is different from the pure emotion of anger or hurt at a situation. I'm talking about those quick, intense negative emotions that seem to rise up out of nowhere and might seem bigger than the situation you're in.
While triggers often feel like they're about someone else – the person who hurt us or made us mad – triggers are always about us.
Underneath these triggers is a painful belief, typically rooted in childhood wounding, that we've tried to shove into our…
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