168: Feeling Triggered by Current Events

<span style="font-weight: 400">I know it can be really difficult to navigate all the events happening in the world today.  It seems like things are falling apart, with wars, climate change-caused drought and wildfires in some areas and flooding in others, with hunger not following far behind.  And things aren’t any better on the political front either.</span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400">When difficult things happen out there in the world, they spill over into our relationships with our children.  We suddenly find ourselves snapping at them far more easily than usual.  The things they do that are normally mildly irritating now push us to the limit, and we end up reacting to them in ways that we don’t like.  </span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400">In this episode we discuss the reasons why you feel emotionally yanked around by things that are happening out there in the wider world, as well as by the ways these things are discussed online and in our families as well.  </span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400">We look at the tools you can use to regulate your emotions when this happens…but also that regulating your emotions and then voting to express your feelings about how the world should be isn’t going to make a meaningful difference.  We learn tools you can use instead to create a sense of autonomy, which reduces stress and also change the circumstances themselves so they are less triggering in the future.</span> &nbsp; <span style="font-weight: 400">If you know you need support with your triggered feelings, whether these are related to:</span> &nbsp; <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Events that are going in in the wider world</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Seeing discussion of those events online or hearing about them from family members or friends</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400"><span style="font-weight: 400">Traumatic events that you experienced in your childhood</span></li