Triggers can be tricky to understand.
If you're human, you get triggered. I get triggered. We all get triggered. Triggers are part of the emotional experience on this world. However, in order to live a flexible and healthy life, we want to help you demystify your personal triggers so that you can understand them. Doing this will help you heal and learn to cope better in response to the next ones that come up.
What is a trigger?
A trigger is the feeling you get when something happens and you have a sudden flood of negative feelings. For example, someone makes a half joking-half mean comment, and it hits a raw spot for you, and you feel destabilized by anxiety, shame, doubt, panic or sadness for the rest of the day.
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Seeking relief from your anxiety and trauma symptoms? Schedule your first appointment with Trauma + Anxiety expert Esther Goldstein LCSW. Using Somatic methods, EMDR, Parts Work and Expressive Arts she helps clients heal past wounds and experience lasting relief.
Cedarhurst office in Long Island
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You may be someone who has a knack for solving your own problems, is the go-to person for advice and have that extra sense of insight into your own patterns. Still, you recently feel the light inside has gone dull and you find yourself struggling to enjoy your daily life.
If you're reading this..
…You may have been sitting up at night twisting and turning seeking some relief.
..You're finding yourself venting to anyone has the time to listen to you, yet you're left with the same feelings on the inside.
…You experience panic that comes in waves, the worries that spiral and don't give up.
I can understand how hard it is to be in pain and not know where to turn.
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While living in the Five Towns, Nassau County or anywhere on Long Island comes with all the “new-yawk” stressors and struggles, there are some fun and beautiful aspects of living on the south shore. We have some of the nicest beaches, coffee houses and have more greenery than center of the city life.
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Therapy can sound like an exciting thing to start, right?
After all, it's all about getting you to a better place and feeling better. Uh, maybe not. Many express that making the decision to go to therapy as being a scary one. It's scary because it's hard to know what to expect before you actually begin your therapy sessions.
I'm going to take some of the confusion out of the process for you and give you an idea about what to expect in your first session, though, understandably, every therapist is different and may structure their sessions somewhat differently.
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