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The Jayson Gaddis Podcast

SC 34 - What To Do When Your Partner Triggers You

The Jayson Gaddis Podcast

Jayson Gaddis

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.7999 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2016

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

If you are in a long-term relationship, you’re going get triggered, period. And how you show up in those moments will define whether you grow together or grow apart. In this episode, we dive into an effective process for navigating upset when you’re triggered and how to rock it so you honor yourself and your partner. 

SHOWNOTES:

  • What does it mean to be triggered? [1:50]
  • Are you normal if you get triggered by your partner? [3:40]
  • Better questions to ask when you’re triggered. [6:15]
  • What to do when you’re triggered [6:55]
  • The 4 step process for getting centered after a trigger [10:10]
  • The best way to share with your partner after you’ve calmed down [16:40]
  • Why you shouldn’t focus on getting them to change their behavior. [19:44]
  • Review [21:07]

Transcript

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0:00.0

What you want to do? Hey, what's up everybody.

0:13.0

Jason Gattis here back with Hey, what's up everybody.

0:23.8

Jason Gatis here back with the Smart Couple

0:25.7

podcast, which is designed to help you have an amazing extraordinary,

0:31.0

beautiful, fun, growthful relationship, long term.

0:37.0

This is a podcast not for complainers and blamers,

0:42.0

but for people who want to transition out of that into a

0:45.6

place of personal responsibility because that's what the smart couple does.

0:50.3

Each individual learns to take personal responsibility and learns to use I statements and take responsibility for your triggers and feelings and your projections and not blame your partner for how you're feeling.

1:04.4

So if that's you and you're interested in that kind of conversation,

1:07.7

you are in the right spot and welcome.

1:11.4

Welcome to new listeners,

1:13.3

back to regular listeners.

1:16.1

If you're new, please go subscribe in iTunes or Stitcher

1:20.5

and support the podcast by just subscribing and sharing with a friend.

1:25.0

So today we're going to talk about what in the hell to do when you are triggered.

1:31.0

Okay, it's surprising to me how many people

1:34.4

have no idea what to do when you're triggered or upset.

1:39.6

And it's, if you're paying attention, it's inevitable, almost on a weekly basis,

1:47.5

especially in your challenging phases

1:50.9

of a relationship that you will be triggered. And do I mean by triggered I mean activated in your nervous system

1:57.2

I mean emotionally upset and distraught I mean flustered, twitter-pated, anxious, irritated, annoyed, and reactive, right?

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