Recognizing Your Trauma Triggers to Prevent Relapse
If you’ve been exposed to trauma, there might be things you can no longer do because they bring up bad memories and feelings. There might be random triggers that make you feel angry, irritated, or out of control and you don’t know why. What you might want to consider is how these triggers might be connected to your past trauma. In the past, it is likely that you turned to alcohol and other drugs as a way to self-medicate your symptoms. Now that you are in recovery, you must identify and overcome these triggers as a way to prevent future relapses.