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Triggers are like little psychic explosions that crash through avoidance and bring the dissociated, avoided trauma suddenly, unexpectedly, back into consciousness.

Carolyn Spring

Triggers are like little psychic explosions that crash through avoidance and bring the dissociated, avoided trauma suddenly, unexpectedly, back into consciousness.

Tags: dissociated, flashback, post traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, trauma, traumatized, trigger, triggers

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