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Jan 2022
24m 19s

TRIGGERED! When you have an emotional fl...

JOSEPHINE HARDMAN, PHD
About this episode

Welcome back to TRIGGERED! New year, new triggers for us to deal with. 

In this episode, I talk about the experience of having an emotional flashback. This is when something (or someone) triggers you to regress to a feeling or emotional state from the past, which could be from an earlier age in your current lifetime or even a past life. Topics include:

  • what is an emotional flashback?
  • common triggers that set off an emotional flashback
  • signs & symptoms that you're experiencing an emotional flashback
  • a 3-step process to support yourself and move through an emotional flashback

In this episode, I mention a book by Pete Walker, Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving. I highly recommend this book if you want to explore childhood trauma, complex PTSD, and emotional flashbacks in more depth.

To suggest a future topic, ask a question, or share feedback, please write to me@josephinehardman.com

To explore my services, courses, or healing work, head to www.josephinehardman.com

Thank you for tuning in! Please take loving care of yourself.

 

Editing & music by G. Demers

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