dealing with triggers

[HartOfSteel]

Hi all, I'm new here and so excited to get to know you all. 

 

My mom passed in May of 2020. It was difficult, she passed away in the nursing home I work at, and I still work there today. It's been three years, and I've grown around the grief significantly, but with all cases, it still hurts like it just happened. Today ay work, I saw a woman sitting with her mother who isn't doing well. She was feeding her and just watching it brought back bad memories and I couldn't handle  myself and started crying. I've gotten good at not breaking down or crying at work, but it was just this specific instance that I couldn't help but get emotional. I talked to some people on management, and they did really well with talking to me and validating my feelings, and were very supportive with letting me take the time I needed.

 

How can I deal with these triggers while on the clock? I love and miss my mom so much, and I've been triggered before, but just not at work. I know I have a great team that will always be there for me, I just feel like I need a way to contain my emotions seeing events such as this one happen at work.

 

Thank you in advance! 

 

Hart

[KayC]

I am so sorry for your loss of your mom...these triggers are normal and part of our grief journey, but knowing that doesn't make it any easier to handle.

Parent Loss: Continuing Their Song

https://www.milanomonuments.com/blog/strategies-to-handle-unexpected-grief-triggers-after-the-loss-of-a-loved-one

[HartOfSteel]

On 8/15/2023 at 4:57 PM, KayC said:

I am so sorry for your loss of your mom...these triggers are normal and part of our grief journey, but knowing that doesn't make it any easier to handle.

Parent Loss: Continuing Their Song

https://www.milanomonuments.com/blog/strategies-to-handle-unexpected-grief-triggers-after-the-loss-of-a-loved-one

Thank you for these, they were very helpful and I will definitely be returning to them! I really appreciate it