EP 2: How to Overcome Your Emotional Triggers with Energy Healing
Have you ever found yourself feeling overwhelmed, angry, or anxious in a way that seemed disproportionate to the situation? If you said yes, you’re likely dealing with an emotional trigger.
In this podcast episode, I’ll explore emotional triggers, their common signs, examples of triggering situations, and why they are actually the biggest opportunity for healing and growth. Plus, we’ll introduce an approach to overcome your triggers for good.
What Are Emotional Triggers?
Emotional triggers are situations, people, or memories that create an intense emotional reaction within us. This reaction is often disproportionate to the trigger itself because it’s rooted in past traumatic experiences or memories. These triggers are linked to our brain's response to perceived threats. The amygdala, a small, almond-shaped structure in the brain, processes emotions and is involved in detecting threats and initiating the fight-or-flight response. Emotional triggers hijack this system, causing intense emotional responses that feel out of control.
Common Signs of Emotional Triggers
Recognizing when you’re emotionally triggered is the first step to healing. Here are common signs:
Physical Symptoms:
Increased Heartbeat and Sweating: Your body goes into 'fight or flight' mode, increasing heart rate and causing sweating.
Tension or Shaking: Muscles tense up, or you may start shaking as your body prepares to respond to perceived danger.
Emotional Reactions:
Feelings of Anger or Irritability
Sudden Sadness or Crying: Triggers connected to past losses can bring out deep sadness or spontaneous crying.
Feelings of Overwhelm or Panic
Cognitive Signs:
Difficulty Concentrating: Your mind may be flooded with thoughts related to the trigger, making it hard to focus.
Catastrophizing: Thinking in extremes and being unable to see options or solutions in a challenging situation.
Behavioral Signs:
Withdrawal from Others: Pulling away from social interactions and feeling the need to be alone.
Aggressive Behaviors: Snapping at people or being confrontational.
Avoidance: Avoiding places, people, or activities associated with emotional discomfort.
Common Triggering Situations
Understanding common triggering situations can help you become more aware of your own triggers:
Public Speaking: Fear of judgment or embarrassment can trigger anxiety.
Performance Reviews: Fear of criticism can trigger stress and anxiety.
Deadlines: High-pressure situations can trigger feelings of stress and inadequacy.
Conflict: Arguments or disagreements can trigger anger or sadness.
Criticism: Negative feedback can trigger feelings of unworthiness.
The Opportunity for Healing and Growth
Being aware of your emotional triggers is the first step to healing. Triggers are signals of unresolved wounds coming up to be healed. They are the gateway for healing and transformation from your unresolved past.
When you become triggered, consider what preceded the reaction. Was it something someone said or did? Was it a certain place or situation? Keep a note of these triggers to become more aware of them. This self-reflection exercise helps you notice patterns around what triggers you.
Overcoming Emotional Triggers
Instead of coping with triggers, you can overcome and heal them quickly by finding and releasing the root cause of the trigger. The key to uncovering the root cause of your triggers is through the subconscious mind, which stores all past experiences and memories.
Using the Emotion Code, Body Code, and Belief Code
These proven energy healing methods involve tapping into the subconscious mind through muscle testing to identify and release specific energetic imbalances, including trapped emotions, negative thought patterns, and limiting beliefs. Since everything in the Universe is made up of energy, including our thoughts, emotions, and beliefs, they can be released energetically, which is the deepest level for healing triggers.
Real-Life Example
For instance, a client’s trigger was fear of rejection. By tapping into her subconscious mind, I identified that the root of this fear originated at age 5. Trapped emotions like worthless, panic, and shame, along with negative thoughts and limiting beliefs, were identified and released. This allowed her to stop being triggered in situations where she subconsciously perceived a threat of rejection, like at work and in relationships.
Learn to Release Your Trapped Emotions
The good news is that releasing your stuck emotions is something you can learn to do yourself with the Emotion Code book. This approach helps you identify and release stuck emotions at the root of your triggers, lessening their intensity. For deeper-rooted mental imbalances, working with a trained practitioner like myself or becoming trained in this healing modality can help energetically release these layers.
You don’t need to manage or cope with your triggers anymore. By addressing the root cause energetic imbalances, you can achieve lasting healing and emotional freedom.
For more information and resources:
-Download my free workbook, ‘Discover Your Emotional Triggers: 4 Steps to Achieving Emotional Freedom’
-Read the Emotion Code book by Dr. Bradley Nelson. Healing is possible, and you have the power to transform your life.
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