Oh, those Emotional Triggers

Everywhere you look, something is happening that just so happens to unintentionally cause you to have an emotional breakdown... Been there!

Hey There Loves!!!

It's no secret that when you've been hurt to the core, emotional triggering seems to be EVERYWHERE!!!!!! All over the place! Nothing really we can do about that so.... we have to find a way to maneuver around it all.

I can remember when I first found out that my ex had a baby on the way (he conceived the child during our marriage!!) I was so broken that I did everything in my power to avoid babies and anything that had anything to do with babies (yes! I was a mess). For some reason, my friends or a friend of a friend was pregnant! It was like each month, another baby would pop up around me.I had to dig deep within myself and pull on my strength the best I could; there was no way that I would be a stick in the mud and not participate in the festivities all bc I was in terrible heartache. A baby shower here...another one in a few months. I thought, no big deal. I can do that! It's not like I see a pregnant belly everyday. And then... it happened. My manager emailed me and asked me to code women and infant charts!!!

The pregnancy charts!!

The labor and delivery charts!!

UGH!!! My mind went haywire and I thought I was going to lose it!! But... I didn't :). You see, the entire time I was spending time with friends who were having babies, living the family life, etc... God was building my strength. Yep, He knew that the moment would come one day that I would have to sit directly in the face of my biggest fear...my biggest Emotional Trigger. Oh yea... and for the icing on the cake... the labor and delivery charts actually pay more! God was working it! He was building me and preparing me so that I would sit and code those deliveries and in turn, make more money. It all worked out for my good in the end.... My heaviest Emotional Trigger worked in my favor :) :) God was bringing me out of my pain the entire time! I now laugh at the fact that I was scared to face that trigger.

Okay friend! Don't be afraid of your emotional triggers. Face them head on! God may be using them to bring you to your next level... your purpose.