Tab 3 my triggers are my pets

My Triggers are My Pets Triggers: Those sights, sounds, actions, smells, words, etc. that are connected to an automatic internal response born of trauma. An example: perhaps a typical term of endearment such as, “come here baby”, was spoken as the perpetrator approached you. Internally you had a sense of revulsion and fear.

If today you hear those words, no matter the context, you automatically feel the sense of revulsion and fear. That is a trigger.

Part of the conquering process includes identifying those triggers. Then comes the hard work of taking them down; because if you don’t, you sabotage your healing and cripple your relationships.

Name a trigger _____________________________________________.My trigger is like a pet (lion, cat, puppy, etc.)__________________________________________________. I protect it by making sure it ___________________________ ______________________________________________. I need to protect it because if I don’t, I may lose this pet and then I would also lose_________________________ __________________________________________________. I don’t think it is possible to get rid or lose this pet trigger because _______________________________________________________________.

In my relationships, I am easily triggered about _____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________.

This trigger makes it difficult to ___________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________.

This bothers me because ________________________________________________________________

_______________________so I need to ___________________________________________________.