Ep. 347: Trigger Warnings: Making us Fragile or Helping us Heal? [REMASTERED]

Could your mouthwash be causing high blood pressure? Can your spit predict cancer? Nikki Eisenhauer is a licensed professional counselor, chemical dependency counselor, and professional psychotherapist. She is also an incest & abuse survivor.  In this episode, we discuss if trigger warnings are a tool for healing or a crutch for victimhood, we explore symptoms that your entire childhood may warrant a trigger warning, what actual trauma is, how not to manipulate ourselves & the best way to support those with trauma without absorbing their pain. This episode originally aired October 9, 2023 If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 312: DID THE #METOO MOVEMENT EVEN HELP US? Guest:https://soulcare.emotionalbadass.com/boundaries https://www.emotionalbadass.com/ https://www.instagram.com/nikkieisenhauer/https://www.facebook.com/emotionalbadasshttps://www.youtube.com/emotionalbadass Sponsors: https://www.jordanharbinger.com/starterpacks/ https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/  0:00 — Are trigger warnings helping or hurting?0:50 — Nikki's take: good intentions gone sideways2:55 — What "trigger" actually means8:25 — How the word trauma got watered down10:03 — How trigger warnings entered college culture14:03 — Getting unstuck from a victim mindset14:33 — Insight: the one thing you can't teach20:34 — The circle jerk of victimhood22:31 — Is "seeded trauma" a real thing?26:04 — When people are addicted to drama29:17 — Being patient with your subconscious30:05 — Inner child work and reparenting yourself32:07 — How to actually support someone with trauma38:48 — Wrapping up + the Boundaries CourseRequest to join my private Facebook Group, MFR Curious Insiders: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BAt3bpwJC/Follow me in all the places:https://www.meredithforreal.com/  https://www.instagram.com/the_curiousintrovert/ [email protected]://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal https://www.facebook.com/curiousintrovert