5 Steps to Help You Recover When You Get Triggered.

(Especially when you thought you’ve already healed so much.)

In a previous post, I talked about the space between survival and thriving that I call revival. Revival is that place where you’re no longer focusing on merely the next smallest step to keep you alive. You’ve found growth and healing. You’re starting to let your wings unfurl. All those seeds you’ve planted in the past? They’re starting to bud, and you have hope again. You’re setting boundaries. You’re learning how to embody your most authentic self in all the most beautiful ways.

You might find that when this happens — right when you’re experiencing so much growth, you’re feeling so balanced, you’re having a-ha moments left and right — you still might get activated or triggered, suddenly and regularly, and you have no idea why it’s happening.

You thought you were doing better? Healing? Where is this coming from? You might be tempted to think that you’ve backslid or regressed. But the thing about healing is that it’s completely non-linear. You will have days you feel absolutely fantastic, and then days where you might still feel totally debilitated by a trigger. In fact, they might start to come more frequently in some ways, or they might be completely new triggers you’ve never experienced before. And that’s totally normal.