triggers – Sherry Yuan Hunter

Seeing the World More Clearly

Sometimes, we get triggered into treating people based on who we believe they are.

Trigger Reactions

“Learning to recognize your trigger reactions is the starting point for this journey. Trigger reactions are the portals into the human unconscious.”

Fragility Confusion from CPTSD

CPTSD survivors can be as strong as laminated unbreakable glass, as fragile as coffee carafe, or as dangerous as a broken beer bottle.

I Hear You, Panic Attack, I’m Listening

Somehow, I ended up with a blinding fear of criticism about my judgment and decision-making abilities.

Trading Chinese Pride for White Supremacy

For most of my life, I’ve tried to be more white in order to reduce friction and to survive in this world. I’ve had more than one colleague say “Oh, I totally forget that you’re Chinese.”

Raging at Kids is Signal: Need Self Care!

For the first few years of my kids’ lives, I thought that yelling at them was my way of disciplining and teaching them. But over time, I came to notice that 1) I wasn’t consistent in what I yelled at, 2) I had some specific triggers, and 3) while some things might have made aContinue reading “Raging at Kids is Signal: Need Self Care!”