Welcome—how are you weathering the current weather? It's quite something, isn't it? At the very least, it's unsettling. Worst case? It's life altering.
Let's use this upheaval as a teaching and go about softening the impact that something like the elements can have on us. This can be a ripe time for what I call "Old Ghosts" to surface—a time when we can tend to get "triggered"—that well-worn buzz phrase.
Let's go back to the definition. When someone is triggered, "they're having a strong, uncomfortable, emotional reaction to a stimulus that
wouldn't ordinarily cause that response". It sounds like a trauma getting activated, yes? So why not choose a different word to describe the moment? How about the word "echoes" vs. triggers?
Think about it. While echoes also come back to us, they're not nearly as powerful as when
they began. Yes, we hear them, and yes they reflect what we've offered up. And yet…are they not softer, quieter, not as overwhelming? They're more of a trace or a vestige, than the original version, yes ? And that, in turn, often makes them less overwhelming or even upsetting.
How
does this land with you?—the difference between "Echoes vs. Triggers (2:48)?
