Hey guys. As some may know, I've been posting when things "trigger" me in hopes of having you guys aid in helping me understand how to get past this stuff. i'm going to need to in order to function the way I want to in life. My eventual goal is to teach high school mathematics in a very rough district.

Today is the Anniversery of the Columbine High School shootings. As some of you know my wife was going to NIU during the Valintine's Day shooting last year. She had a class in the auditorium where the shootings took place that semester, which I believe now was a tipping point to all my mental health issues. Certainly not the only one but definantly the tipping point.

Obviously I was more aware of it & thinking about it today already. Well today there was a shooting in one of the high schools in our district. The kid was shot in the leg, I'm not sure of his condition.

I was not triggered as aggressively as I was with physically seeing the domestic violence trigger last week. However, once again my short term memory was horrible again today. I missed a lot of turns driving today, I accedently gave a woman incorrect directions to the local junior college that I went to....I went to that school for 2 years but simply screwed up the directions. My palms have been sweaty most of the day.

Does this sound like a typical trigger in regards to PTSD?
What can I do to ease the effects? I am going to work in these schools I have to be able to function.