TRIGGERS
Have you ever noticed how someone else's success infuriates certain people? Or how it irritates them when someone freely expresses their emotions? Or how another person's sexuality acts as a trigger?
Spoiler alert: it’s not about *them*. It’s about *you*.
The psyche functions like a mirror. When something in another person provokes a strong reaction—not just a mild dislike, but a genuine *trigger*—it serves as a signal.
It is a signal indicating that this very quality has been repressed within *you*.
Examples: • Does someone else's success infuriate you? → You have forbidden yourself from having ambitions. • Does emotionality irritate you? → You have stifled your own feelings. • Does sexuality act as a trigger? → You have cut yourself off from your own sensuality.
We get angry at others for the very things we do not allow ourselves to do.
This doesn't mean you need to copy everything they do. It means you need to *explore*.
"Why does this get under my skin?" "What am I denying myself?" "What part of myself have I buried?"
Triggers serve as a map of your internal prohibitions.
The next time someone triggers you, don't be so quick to judge.
Ask yourself: What exactly within *me* is resonating with this? What part of myself have I just seen reflected in the mirror?
And what triggers *you* most often in other people?
