Struggles with Trauma Triggers in Close Friendship
2024年11月4日 · Around this time also my bestfriend confessed about her former addiction to porn. It came as a shock for me because she has walked with me for 6 years prior to my assault and only had the courage to tell me at this time because she didnt trust me. 1 year later I've been battling my triggers towards her.
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2024年11月13日 · when i am repressing the memories and emotions of my traumas, reminders are vicious triggers that wreak havoc in my functional capacities. for what it's worth, the current popular rhetoric about triggers is inaccurate for my own case. i feel safer predicting next season's fashion trends than predicting what trivial detail is going to trigger a psychotic episode. trigger …
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2024年10月5日 · 1. **Trauma Triggers:** Intense physical pain can serve as a trauma trigger, eliciting flashbacks, intrusive memories, or heightened arousal responses associated with past traumatic experiences. This can intensify feelings of fear, helplessness, or hypervigilance, disrupting emotional regulation and exacerbating PTSD symptoms. 2.
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2010年2月12日 · As you can see, the reaction is the same for a PTSD sufferer, but the terms vary dependent upon relevance to something experienced via the trauma endured or no relevance to the trauma endured. Lets use clear examples so people use the term correctly vs. use the term as an excuse in their daily life to avoid doing something that creates stress.
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2024年10月5日 · Therapists use their clinical expertise, observation skills, and understanding of trauma reactions to recognize patterns of dissociation, explore potential triggers, validate the client's experiences, and introduce grounding techniques, containment strategies, or safety measures to support the client in managing dissociative symptoms in therapy.
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2024年10月5日 · Over the past decade, trauma therapy has witnessed some significant changes, particularly in the understanding and treatment of trauma-related disorders. One notable shift is a greater emphasis on evidence-based practices and trauma-informed care that prioritize the individual's safety, choice, and control in the therapeutic process.
Dissociated during the trauma. Now I can't stop doing it …
2024年11月2日 · During a separate, different kind of trauma, all I can remember was being trapped in the exam room with the doctor. He was saying things, bad things, very scary things, threatening things, and my mind went blank and all I could focus on was appeasing him so that it would end sooner and I could leave the building and get as far away as possible.
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2024年10月5日 · 3. **Intensity and Acuity:** Dissociation in single trauma PTSD tends to be more acute, pronounced, and contextually bound to the traumatic event itself, with distinct episodes of depersonalization, derealization, flashbacks, or emotional numbing that coincide with trauma reminders or triggers.
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2018年3月9日 · I have tons of triggers and stressors (that are related to trauma but not actual triggers). One trigger that I have regularly is the smell of mint, like those white mint lollies or toothpaste smell. The man who abused me for years as a child always had these mint lollies and him and his house always smelled strongly of them.
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2014年9月13日 · I think if something triggers a flashback/hyper-vigilance/intense dissociation, or in some other way reminds you of your trauma hence worsening your PTSD it is trauma trigger. For a conditioned response, I think is a learned action/emotion (or series of) in response to a trigger - that it's a survival response rather than a cognitive one.