Survivors, as people, experience external stressors such as work, exams, study, travelling, sightseeing, parenting, relationships, etc. These can worsen the existing survivorship pressure and anxiety particularly when there is a call back period, harrassment, disclosure, etc.
The stressors can be both linked to the programming directly and/or have indirect effects. What is beneficial is to separate the cult programming and memories from these stressors so as to have some perspective. Direct programming can occur for example with travelling. The brainwashing triggers maybe that by "travelling the survivor is escaping". If the survivor is actually escaping it will mean deprogramming. If the survivor is simply travelling there needs to be a perspective that s/he has already escaped and that this is simply travelling.
Some situations have indirect effects of programming and memories. They will remind the survivor of the cult. For example an exam with its enclosed and controlled nature and the numbers and question order will restimulate programming. Again, there needs to be a perspective that this is not a cult programming area and that the numbers are for questions.