Common Trauma Triggers
Posted: February 22, 2022
Triggers lead to implicit memories which lead to feelings, feelings not based on memories or actual stimuli.
This list represents the most common, but unfortunately not all, possible triggers:
- Authority figures
- Being asked questions
- Being the center of attention
- Being put on the spot
- Being ignored
- Being told “No”
- Commitment
- Confrontation
- Criticism or feedback
- Emotions or vulnerability
- Eye contact
- Having to say “Yes”
- Home and family
- Intimacy
- Loud noises and scents
- Males / Females
- Night time, sleep
- Not being allowed to speak
- Performance demands
- Recall of traumatic events
- Self-disclosure
- Therapist silence
- Therapy and therapists
- Unfamiliar stimuli
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