From the course: Navigating Personal Trauma and Triggers at Work

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Use proactive strategies to mitigate triggers

Use proactive strategies to mitigate triggers

From the course: Navigating Personal Trauma and Triggers at Work

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Use proactive strategies to mitigate triggers

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- Now that you've learned how trauma triggers could show up at work and impact your work environment, it's important to get proactive. That means getting to know what your triggers are and adopting practices to help you minimize your occurrences. The first step to managing triggers is to identify them, but how? This will take some self-reflection. It can be helpful to consider the following questions to get to your answer. During which moments have you felt the greatest need to protect yourself? What was happening? Who was around? What was being said? And what ultimately made you feel uncomfortable? A gentle exploration through these questions can offer you some direction. Now, once you've identified the triggers themselves, it's time to consider ways you can help to soothe yourself. Helping yourself to feel better is going to be pivotal in navigating trauma triggers. It's the way you can safeguard yourself from the lingering effects of emotional upsurges. Now, self-soothing can be…

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