Trapped by Triggers 🔒 | How to Overcome Emotional Traps with God’s Help
- Stonepoint Community Church
- Mar 29
- 3 min read
What Are Triggers and Why Do They Keep Us Stuck?
Have you ever had a strong emotional reaction to something and wondered, Why did that bother me so much? That’s a trigger—an unhealed wound from the past showing up in your present.
Triggers can make peace feel uncomfortable and keep us stuck in cycles of pain, fear, and self-sabotage. But Jesus came to set the captives free (Luke 4:18)!
1. Recognizing the Traps: How Trauma Creates Triggers
Many of us live on autopilot, reacting to life’s challenges without realizing where our emotions are coming from. Some common signs you’re trapped by triggers include:
🔹 Overreacting to small situations
🔹 Shutting down or withdrawing when confronted
🔹 Feeling anxious or uneasy when things are too peaceful
🔹 Struggling to trust people, even when they have good intentions
🔹 Sabotaging healthy relationships because they feel unfamiliar
🔗 Key Scripture: “Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.” (Proverbs 4:23)
When our hearts are unhealed, everything we do—our choices, relationships, and responses—will be shaped by pain instead of purpose.
2. The Wall That Becomes a Prison
Many people build emotional walls to protect themselves from getting hurt again. But what happens when the wall meant to keep pain out also keeps healing away?
Instead of letting God heal us, we:
❌ Avoid people or places that remind us of past pain
❌ Stay in unhealthy cycles because they feel familiar
❌ Reject blessings because we don’t feel worthy of them
🔗 Key Scripture: “Until we make the unconscious conscious, it will direct our lives and we will call it fate.” – Carl Jung
Your triggers are not your identity. The past happened to you, but it doesn’t have to define who you are.
3. Breaking Free: Steps to Healing from Triggers
Healing isn’t about just managing triggers—it’s about dismantling them. Here’s how to start:
✅ Recognize the Root – Ask, Where did this trigger start?
✅ Reframe Your Response – Instead of reacting, pause and choose faith over fear
✅ Replace Lies with Truth – Speak God’s promises over your pain
✅ Release the Past to God – Healing happens when we stop managing pain and start surrendering it to Jesus
🔗 Key Scripture: “Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.” (Luke 10:19)
4. Walking in Freedom: Letting Go of the Trap
The enemy wants you to live trapped, constantly repeating cycles of fear, rejection, and trauma. But God’s Word says:
“If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.” (John 8:36)
Freedom begins when you:
✨ Stop running from your triggers—face them with God
✨ Let go of past pain and trust that healing is possible
✨ Speak life over yourself instead of reinforcing the trauma
✨ Step into God’s purpose for you
You are not what happened to you—you are who God says you are.
Conclusion
It’s Time to Break Free
Your healing isn’t just for you—it’s for the people God has called you to impact. The world is waiting for you to be whole, to walk in your calling, and to show others how to break free.
💬 What triggers are you ready to let go of? Drop a “🔥” in the comments if you’re ready for freedom!