You may have heard the term ‘triggering’, but what does it mean in the context of childhood trauma?

Triggering is the reminder of a trauma or an unsafe event that occurs when a person experiences, through the senses, a reminder of a similar sensual experience at the time of the original trauma.

When we are triggered into a fear reaction through our senses, the brain produces stress hormones to ensure an instant response. In other words, we cannot access reason or logic, or even sometimes the...