From Trigger to Tapping

That dark memory so full of fright
Can be brightened for new insight
Place your crossed hands flat on your chest
Let your heart breathe, think how you're blessed

Tap the fingers close to your skin
Reverse your hands, do this again
Imagine your stress, yes, each sight and sound
Then, show you're safe and good will come around

Imagine your body in fight or flight and the energy of this stress mode.  We add stress to the mind and body when we contradict the need to get away from stress and do nothing with the cortisol and adrenal that gets released.   Instead, let the body know you've got it under control.  Keep on reacting to the stress to reduce and eliminate it as you maintain a relaxed, feel good, deep breathing state. Now you won't be trigger charged.

reassure your mind
place crossed hands on your chest
Breath in and out of your heart
take 3 long slow deep breaths
while you think of the annoying event
tap fingertips, closest to the skin, on the breastbone
as you visualize the event vividly- the sights and sounds
one more breath
Reverse hands and tap again
3 more deep slow breaths
think back on the event...
gage emotional triggering
that signaled fight or flight stress mode (cortisol and adrenalin)
now is in a contradictory relaxation mode
it will prioritize the signal that you feel safety
what triggered the stress- you've reduced and eliminated it
you are in a different emotional landscape
and warmed your heart with bonding hormones
the feel-good chemicals serotonin oxytocin
Dawson Church Tapping Deep Intimacy  http://tappingdeepintimacy.com/yes/
12 weeks course where neuro-response pathways are put into place.
It gives you a way to positively respond to stress.

write three things down
think of the event- give it a title like you would a movie
rate its emotional charge from 1-10
where do you feel it? heart, throat, back, neck?