Narcissism Glossary
Stimuli that touch the painful memories (triggers)
🔁 A trigger is a specific sensory stimulus or situation that instantly reactivates traumatic memory and its bodily and emotional pain.
The same stimulus can produce very different reactions in different people.
The same stimulus can produce very different reactions in different people.
Often seen in situations like these
🎵 A song from the hard years comes on the radio, and suddenly you can't breathe.
🗣️ Someone repeats a phrase you used to hear back then, and your whole body locks.
🗣️ Someone repeats a phrase you used to hear back then, and your whole body locks.
When this happens, try this
💡 First check whether danger exists now. If you're safe, confirm today's date and where you are, or slowly study one thing you can see. If it gets harder, stopping — or switching to another sense — is allowed.