How to Manage Triggers: Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fun: How HSPs Can Identify and Manage Trauma

Emotional Badass

Nikki Eisenhauer

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Why do Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) often find themselves overwhelmed by seemingly minor incidents? In this episode, we uncover how HSPs can identify and manage triggers related to trauma, enhancing emotional resilience and mental health. Learn how the fight, flight, and freeze responses manifest in everyday situations, and how understanding these triggers can lead to profound healing and self-improvement. By connecting childhood experiences to adult reactions, we provide practical strategies for HSPs to navigate their sensitivities and transform trauma into opportunities for personal growth. With insights into validation, radical acceptance, and the healing power of laughter, this episode offers essential tools for any HSP on their journey to better mental health. If you are interested in supporting us even more than a 5-star review, you can find Emotional Badass on Patreon where you will get bonus content and different opportunities to work with Nikki in group format https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass Resources: Download the free Morning Routine PDF to learn our techniques to help conquer your day! https://www.emotionalbadass.com/morning-routine Community & Exclusive Bonus Episodes & Video: https://www.patreon.com/emotionalbadass 30 Days to Peace Course: https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/peace CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Mapping your Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse Workshop https://www.EmotionalBadass.com/workshops CODE: BADASS for 30% Off Brain.FM: CODE: Emotionalbadass for 20% off and a free month Join our newsletter for weekly wellness emails where we share mental health tips, announcements, discount codes, and highlight past episodes: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/newsletter Check out our Guided Meditations narrated by Nikki available for sale: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/store/meditations Follow us on Social Media: Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass IG: https://www.instagram.com/emotional.badass FB: https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadass TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@emotionalbadass Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/emotionalbadass Thank you for supporting this show by supporting our sponsors: https://www.emotionalbadass.com/sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:21.4	I'm Nicky Eisenhower, your host coach and psychotherapist and on today's
1:26.1	episode we're discussing fight flight freeze and fun. I'm going to share a story today about myself and I hope by sharing that you can
1:56.5	laugh at me and with me and find the humor in my experience to help you lighten the load of your own experience, this story is one
2:07.1	that really highlights how important, I would say essential it is to understand your triggers. And if we don't
2:15.8	understand our triggers we will feel like an emotional mess. So I'm going to
2:21.8	share this experience and it sounds kind of ridiculous even when I was taking notes on this I thought wow this sounds like such a small ridiculous thing
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