Name what happened.
Begin with the situation you observed instead of forcing yourself to explain the entire pattern.
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Give the trigger enough context to recognize it later.
Capture what happened, what you noticed in your reaction, and the surrounding context while the details are still there.
What it helps you do
Keep oberservation, reaction, and interpretation visible so you can identify questions, needs, and boundaries.
Trigger + Reaction
Context
Review
Record your response.
Keep your emotions, body cues, thoughts, and actions alongside the trigger.
Review the surrounding context.
Look for timing, location, conversation, or repeated conditions without treating a correlation as proof.
Take back your present
Give space to your pain, and begin healing with context.
The structure helps you preserve what you noticed before deciding what needs clarification or conversation.
- 1Capture the triggerRecord the event or detail that activated the response.
- 2Add your reactionName what you felt, thought, and did.
- 3Review before respondingIdentify a question, boundary, support request, or time you need.