Title: How to Recognize Your Grief Triggers: Step-By-Step | Cake Blog
Headings: How to Recognize Your Grief Triggers: Step-By-Step
How to Recognize Your Grief Triggers: Step-By-Step
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What’s a Grief Trigger?
Examples of grief triggers
Steps for Recognizing Your Grief Triggers
1. Mark your calendar
2. Identify the trigger
3. Accept your feelings
4. Find your special place
5. Learn about grief
6. Practice positive self-talk
7. Anticipate and minimize
8. Stay on course
9. Gauge your reactions
10. Feeling anxious
11. Feeling hopeless
Recognizing Your Grief Triggers
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Content: Holidays, anniversaries, birthdays, and other special days throughout the year cause significant pain when you’ve lost a loved one. These are constant reminders that’ll likely trigger some semblance of grief for some time to come. Favorite song. A particular song dedicated to you by your loved one who’s died may continue to trigger a certain level of grief regardless of how many years have passed since their death. Smells or sounds. The scent of a particular fragrance or the sounds of children playing may cause you to revert to feeling grief over your loss. Certain sounds and smells that take you back are that of your loved one’s signature scent, a favorite brand of cigar, or children laughing and playing at a distance. Lost opportunities. Bring Your Child to Work Day, father/daughter or mother/son dances, vacations - these all tend to call attention to your loss. If your spouse or child has died, in particular, you may find that these events bring your loss to the forefront.