You may feel worse around certain times of the year because of trauma anniversaries. Even when you are not consciously aware of the anniversary, part of your nervous system may still recognize the pattern.
Trauma anniversaries do not always involve a specific remembered date. Your body can react around the time something happened, even if you do not consciously remember the day. Certain seasons, smells, lighting, or routines can signal “danger time” to your nervous system.
Your system may be recognizing a pattern from the past and reacting to an old threat window, even if your thinking brain cannot connect the dots.
This page is part of the Hidden Trauma Triggers: Why You Can Be Activated without Knowing Why section of the CommuniDID site, which explains unconscious cues, relational dynamics, and contextual triggers can activate the nervous system before you realize what triggered the reaction.
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- Questions about hidden trauma triggers
- Trauma Anniversaries (blog post with video)
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