#triggered

This episode is deeply personal.We're talking about trauma triggers—not from a textbook, but from lived experience. What happens in the body when you're triggered. Why certain smells, tones of voice, or seemingly innocuous moments can pull you straight back into the past. And what it's like trying to function in the present while your nervous system is reacting to something that happened decades ago.We share our own triggers—from elevators to relationships to everyday interactions—and how we're learning to recognize them, regulate through them, and communicate them to the people we love.Healing isn't linear. It isn't clean. And it doesn't mean that triggers disappear.It means we learn how to survive them.Content Note: This episode discusses trauma, childhood SA, domestic violence, and PTSD responses. Listener discretion is advised.