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Emotional triggers are automatic responses shaped by thoughts, feelings and perceived events, with the amygdala acting to process emotions quickly and drive knee-jerk attack or escape behavior. 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Specific events may trigger deep, powerful and personal emotional reactions that test your built-in resilience. Understanding your personal triggers and how to prepare and recover when you experience them plays an important role in maintaining overall resilience and continuing to perform both safely and effectively. Understanding emotional triggers is also an important element of peer support as it creates sensitivity amongst team members to recognise and support those experiencing them.  \nWhy do we have emotional reactions to triggers?  \nEmotional triggers consist of thoughts, feelings and events that seem to 'trigger' an automatic response. The word 'trigger' is important here: it might seem as if the emotional reaction is completely involuntary, but the truth is that this reaction, like everything else that we do, is a choice. Learning how to identify our personal emotional triggers is the first step to taking control over how we choose to respond.  \nThe amygdala is an almond-shape set of neurons located deep in the brain's medial temporal lobe. Shown to play a key role in the processing of emotions , it triggers your emotions faster than your conscious awareness. These organs protect you from harm by interpreting subconscious hints of danger to trigger lightning-fast responses. The amygdalae react to negative events in many ways. The knee-jerk responses of these organs cause you to overreact to the world around you. The amygdalae remember the things you felt, saw and heard each time you have a painful experience. Subliminal hints of such stressful events (even photos) will cause the organs to set off attack or escape routines. Those motor routines trigger evasive actions or internal turmoil. Before you know it, you will become angry or try to avoid the situation. Angry, defensive or fearful internal voices will nag you if you cannot solve the issue. The amygdalae will overwhelm you with responses to real and imaginary threats for a lifetime unless you consciously take control of their knee-jerk responses.  \nUnmet needs and emotional triggers  \nSome of the most common needs you have will trigger an emotional reaction when you feel as though you aren't getting or will not get one of these needs met:  \n• Safety  \n• Peace  \n• Comfort  \n• Control  \n• Order or balance  \nEmotional responses and triggers  \nTo ultimately feel a sense of control of your emotions, you must first be able to recognise and anticipate which situations are likely to trigger an emotional reaction. You can then begin the  \nprocess of learning how to regulate your emotions. This is how you can start turning emotional reactions into emotional responses. It's also easier to recognise these types of responses in others once we can recognise them in ourselves.  \nFor example: love can be triggered by thinking about your significant other or feeling unconditionally accepted by an important other , joy by hearing beautiful music or experiencing success , sadness by rejection or having a loved one die , fear by being alone in a scary place or thinking about a past trauma , anger by being criticised or mocked or finding out someone betrayed you , interest by starting an exciting new project or seeing something complicated and wondering how it works and guilt by lying to someone or saying something hurtful to another person.  \nEmotional self-awareness card  \nBeing able to talk about your thoughts, feelings and what you are going to do , constructively considering your self-awareness , creates clarity, empowerment and direction. This simple tool can be used with others to help with communication.  \nBecome aware of:  \n• Your thinking: 'What I am thinking about is   '  \n• Your feelings: 'What I am feeling about this is '  \n• Going forwards: 'Going forwards, I'm going to   ' or, 'Going forwards, what I'd like for you to consider is   '  \nFive steps to managing triggers  \n1. Accept respons","cbCaiiivvvi4ZDNN","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiivvvi4ZDNN","pdf",198618,"English","# Understanding Personal Emotional Triggers\n## Why do we have emotional reactions to triggers?\n## Unmet needs and emotional triggers\n## Emotional responses and triggers\n## Emotional self-awareness card\n## Five steps to managing triggers\n## Identifying your triggers\n## Addressing your triggers\n## What is trauma?\n## Initial reactions to trauma\n## Improve your self-care","[{\"question\":\"What are emotional triggers, and why can they feel involuntary?\",\"answer\":\"Emotional triggers are thoughts, feelings and events that seem to 'trigger' an automatic response. 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