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: Although anything can serve as a grief trigger, below, you’ll find some common examples. Examples of grief triggers
Milestones. Invitations to weddings or graduations often trigger emotional grief responses. These types of life’s milestones are some of the most common times when you’ll experience sadness over your loss even when you thought you had your grief under control. Special occasions. 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.