Dealing with Triggers

A trigger is when we react to a current situation with feelings and emotions from a prior negative experience. Learn how to overcome your triggers by addressing, processing, and resolving them.

Offered by Human Resources at SF State via our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) LifeMatters, Content includes:

  • The nine categories of triggers
    • How triggers impact the brain and thus our behavior
    • Three personal areas that triggers target
    • Three common feelings that triggers activate
    • The role relationships play in activating triggers
    • Tools for handling triggers

    • Contact: Rana Tawfik, rtawfik@sfsu.edu, learnandgrow@calpoly.edu
    • Date and Time: March 07 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Location: Zoom
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