Senses and Sensibility

Coping with Triggers Associated with Trauma

Do you ever catch a whiff of a scent that instantly transports you to the past? The aroma of fresh bread suddenly brings you back to a stool in your grandmother’s kitchen, enveloped in a sense of warmth and calm. Degree deodorant gives you butterflies in your stomach as though your old fling just walked by, even years after the fact.

The sound of a babbling creek may evoke memories of a calming hike in the woods. Photo by author: Veronica Wren