Dealing with TRAUMA TRIGGERS

Trauma is very tough. So I wish everyone with trauma good luck with recovery.

Just dealing with trauma, is a trauma for me in itself, trying to watch this video gave me a huge burst of anxiety

instead of "am I overreacting" I ask myself if this is an appropriate amount of anxiety for this? is this anger the right size for this issue? is this fear coming from something else?

Something happened in my current relationship that reminded me of an emotionally abusive relationship, it caused me to go into a PTSD rage (screaming and yelling, crying and running around the streets). My partner is amazing and I feel like such a monster for having that reaction.

Trauma is so complicated. Some things that seemed like they would have been my nightmare traumas never bothered me but other small t's added up to some nasty big T's.

For anyone who is curious, the music is Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

I have social trauma, and it's really hard. I have trauma from being bullied and socially excluded/isolated in my youth, so I crave community, but being around people and in community can be very difficult because it has been triggering this trauma a lot. I don't know what to do about it.

I'm in my 60s now and I've experienced extreme trauma since I was born, including sexual abuse by quite a few men AND women when I was a child! I still tend to get triggered regularly and the ONLY thing that seems to help me feel better is reliving the experiences, which is very difficult, or crying a lot, yet I'm not able to do that all the time, such as when I'm out. I do go to public bathrooms when I'm not able to control it though. Unfortunately, I still get criticised and judged by many people, including family members, even the ones who've experienced trauma themselves. I don't have time to write anymore now and couldn't hear the video, due to being in a noisy place, so I'll listen to it another time. ❤

I never realized that my trauma effected me as an adult until I started making a conscious effort to pay attention to how I react in situations that are actually or just perceived stress. I am in grad school working on my MSW. Just started this summer. I’m in my last summer class and there’s 60 of us in the class, about half on zoom and half in person. The classroom starts to get rowdy when we get breaks between. It’s a 3 hour class 3 nights a week from 6:00-9:30pm and usually lasts about that long. Clinical assessment class learning about the DSM-5 and diagnosing. My professor will raise her voice loudly and very aggressively to get our attention and then smiles and laughs when it gets silent and says she was trying to get the class to pay attention and nobody listened. I am pretty quiet and pay attention to her so I do hear her try to calmly get the rest of the classes attention and they do ignore her the first or second time. BUT…. When she yells, I instantly feel my body tense up, throat tighten, heart start racing, and I want to cry. I feel like I’m in trouble and she’s mad at me even though I wasn’t even the one talking. I have to actively tell myself that she’s not mad at me and I’m not bad. I have to remind myself I am safe and try not to be angry with her the first 10-15 minutes she starts teaching again… I want to tell her it instills a trauma response in me every single class when she does it, but I feel like I need to learn WHY I’m responding to that and get to the root of the problem and process through that. Not depend on my professor to change how she runs her class because of my trauma but she’s also “trauma informed” so I feel indifferent about what to do 🥺

This couldn’t come at a better time. I have had childhood traumas (junior school) and currently going through EMDR therapy. Thanx Kate x 🤗

I have combat-related PTSD. The VA sent me to a 3-month long inpatient treatment for Cognitive Processing Therapy. That was so invaluable to helping me with managing my triggers.

That’s right on time, I am having to deal with a trauma trigger right now (being treated like a child) and I’m just trying to figure it out and let it go out of my system so I can continue on with my day Thanks!

3:18 was something I needed to hear. I had no idea that a trauma trigger could be feeling safe... I ran from a situation where I was around people who genuinely loved and cared for me and was working on getting the help I desperately needed to move on with my PTSD back in the beginning of 2020, but I just ran from it altogether. Looking back on those moments, I had no idea why I did what I did, it just didn't make any sense to me until I heard those words. Thank you for this video.

I've recently started Somatic Experiencing therapy after being diagnosed with C-PTSD, and was amazed at how much better I felt after even one session. So helpful to hear you mention SE, Kati. Thank you!

Cool vid. Experienced a flashback in front of my therapist today. She was nice 😊

This couldn't have come at a better time! I'm usually pretty aware when I have an emotional trauma trigger, but this inspired me to be more observant of when it happens unconsciously. Thanks for all you do Kati :)

Kati, I hope you know how amazing you are! Thank you for everything you do <3

this video was perfect timing for me. dealing with these trauma triggers tonight and am trying to not let my mind go wild. Thanks for this

I have been dealing with trauma and my therapist has helped me out so much. So much work has been done.

Name it to tame it. Feel it to heal it.