Feeling Triggered? [Flying Higher Moment 014]
Flying Free
Natalie Hoffman
5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Let’s talk about triggers. You know, those moments when someone says the “wrong” thing, and suddenly you’re ready to flip a table?
Most of us see triggers as a bad thing—proof that we’re too sensitive, too emotional, or just plain too much. But what if I told you that your triggers are actually pointing you toward healing?
In this week’s podcast episode, we’re unpacking:
✔️ What triggers actually are (hint: they’re not just annoying mood-ruiners)
✔️ Why they happen (spoiler: your brain is just trying to protect you)
✔️ How to heal them so they don’t hijack your peace every time someone breathes wrong
✔️ The ultimate trigger survival guide (yes, you can recover faster and freak out less!)
If you’re ready to stop letting triggers control your emotions and start using them as a tool for growth, this episode is for you.
Join me and hundreds of other Christian women 10Xing their own healing and self-development inside Flying Higher!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, beautiful butterfly. |
| 0:03.9 | Welcome to this week's flying higher moment. |
| 0:07.1 | Today we are going to talk about triggers. |
| 0:11.9 | Yes, those emotional landmines that show up uninvited, like your ex sliding into your DMs |
| 0:19.0 | at 2 a.m. |
| 0:24.4 | We tend to think of these as our enemy, |
| 0:31.5 | something to avoid or suppress. But what if I told you that triggers are actually like your inner GPS trying to direct you toward healing? So today we're going to talk about what triggers actually are, |
| 0:39.9 | because no, you're not just too sensitive. Why they happen, your brain is a protective ninja, |
| 0:47.0 | sometimes to a fault. What they mean about you, hint, you're not broken, just human, and how to heal them so they don't keep |
| 0:57.3 | hijacking your peace every time someone breathes wrong. All right, let's do this. First of all, |
| 1:03.9 | what are triggers? A trigger is basically an emotional burglar alarm that goes off when something |
| 1:10.1 | reminds you of past pain. |
| 1:12.9 | Except that instead of making a loud noise, it makes you irrationally mad at someone for using |
| 1:19.4 | the wrong tone of voice, for example. Triggers can be anything. They can be a smell, a song, |
| 1:25.8 | a comment, even a look that someone gives you. They sort of sneak up on |
| 1:30.7 | you like a bad haircut decision. And before you know it, you are feeling a lot of emotions. Now, the best |
| 1:38.1 | part, the best worst part, is that your logical brain actually takes a vacation at this point in time, leaving your |
| 1:45.0 | emotions to be in full control. That's a lot of fun, right? Most triggers will link back to unresolved wounds, |
| 1:52.3 | like childhood experiences or past betrayals. So when someone, for example, innocently says relax, |
| 2:00.2 | now I realize some of us have had people that say that |
| 2:02.9 | in a very passive aggressive way. However, if it suddenly makes you feel like flipping a table, |
| 2:10.3 | yeah, that's probably some old stuff bubbling up. So why do we get triggered? It's because our brain just wants to keep us safe. Our nervous system is wired for survival. So if something hurt you before, your brain is now on high alert to make sure that it never happens again. So even if a situation vaguely resembles past pain, your brain is going to hit the panic button, whether it makes sense or not. |
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