Triggers?!

[Ralphepoo]

How do you figure out what your triggers are? Just over a year and everything is a trigger!
I'm shower having visions and anxiety! At store, laying in bed! Anything and everything!
There are obvious ones. Loud noises, neighbor shooting his gun out back ugh!
Should I not even worry about it yet cause it'll all become apparent in time?
Hell, I'm probably over-thinking Again lol

 

[The Albatross]

Rigorous self examination, taking notes, and eliminating the thought that says "everything" is a trigger.

Personally I have a very narrow parameter about how I define "triggers". I trend to limit myself to those things that illicit a definable PTSD response rather than lumping in the "feelings" stuff.... so I don't wholly agree with this article but there's some good things in there to get you started: Learn About What Triggers PTSD

Also, WebMD has a series of articles on this here: What Are PTSD Triggers?

The way the word "trigger/triggered/triggering" has been thrown around in general for the last 5 years or so doesn't help things much. It was immensely helpful for me to really define it decisively. Hope you find something helpful in the links.

 

[Ralphepoo]

Thank you The Albatross!! I'm going to check them out now! :-)