Emotional Regulation: Triggers and Control (Core 4)

Learning Outcomes

• Understand what triggers are and how they activate emotional reactions
• Identify personal triggers and recognise emotional patterns
• Understand fight, flight, and freeze responses
• Build emotional awareness by noticing physical and mental signals
• Learn practical regulation tools (breathing, grounding, 3‑Step Reset)
• Practise interrupting reactions using the Pause and Choose method