How Emotional Triggers Control Us
You may be surprised to learn what's at the heart of your emotional triggers. At the heart of our emotional triggers often lies a childhood narrative. When we overreact, we are likely triggered by present-day events, reawakening past events and their emotions. When we’re triggered, an earlier narrative gets activated so that we behave as if we're still in the past. Triggers give us the opportunity to locate and better understand our early narratives. (This post is Part 1 of a two-part post.)...
