Richard Hogan: Learning to cope with being ‘triggered’

Whenever I see a person in a shop overreacting to the shop assistant that isn’t moving quickly enough, or someone raging in traffic, all I see is the hurt little child that felt unseen or abandoned

Richard Hogan: 'We all lose our temper from time to time, but not all of us get properly triggered by everyday life events.'

We’ve all been there; stuck behind a car that doesn’t move when the lights go green, in a queue that isn’t moving, or sitting in a restaurant and the waiter seems to be ignoring your table.

Oh, the inconvenience. We get annoyed, outraged even. Maybe even ‘triggered’. Waving your hand like a madman in the restaurant, or getting out of your car to tell the person in front of you just what you think of them.