Have you ever found yourself suddenly feeling angry or scared or shut down when a moment ago you were feeling fine?

People or situations can trigger us into rage, anger, blame, compliance, caretaking, resistance, withdrawal, numbness, dissociation, explaining, complaining, lecturing, righteousness and so on. These triggered feelings are generally attached to previous traumatic events, such as:

• Abuse – emotional, physical and/or sexual
• Loss through the death of a parent, grandparent, sibling or someone else who was close to us
• Abandonment through a parent leaving or giving us up for adoption
• Events such as war, natural disasters, rape, mugging, murder of a loved one Continue reading The Terror that Triggers Protective Behaviors