Regulate Triggers - Fight, Flight or Freeze
Regulate Triggers - Fight, Flight or Freeze

What is a Trigger?

A trigger is a reminder of a past trauma that can cause a person to feel overwhelming sadness, anxiety, or panic. It may also cause a person to have flashbacks (a vivid, often negative memory that may appear without warning), or lose track of their surroundings and “relive” a traumatic event.

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prevention educationMarcella MaggioIt's My Lifefight, flight, freeze, trauma, aces, trigger, triggers, sadness, anxiety, depression, resiliency, trauma-informed, survivor, thriverComment
I ACEd, but She Graduated
I ACEd, but She Graduated

"I don't know, I feel silly. Maybe I shouldn't walk?"

 "What do you mean? You've worked hard, you earned this."

 "Yeah but, it's only my Associates."

 Only?

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transgenerational traumaMarcella MaggioIt's My Lifegraduation, graduate, college, associates degree, degree, community college, adverse childhood experiences, aces, trauma, chronic trauma, parenthood, children, transgenerational trauma, break the pattern, healing, accountability, counseling, advocacy Comments