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Originally Posted by multipixie9
Sybil and When Rabbit Howls were highly triggering to me and it was kinda funny, ironically, that I watched the movie Sybil many years before I knew I had DID and turned it off and on about 20 times while attempting to watch it. It horrified me and yet I kept trying to watch it.
I've read The Flock, DID from the inside out, and some others, but I can't remember the titles. I have problems with the more graphically written books, they just make me feel so sick inside. My own background could be fairly sickening if I did an autobio. type of book, but I'm not sure I ever would do it that way. The more injured a person is the more I think the graphic books may do more harm than good. I guess my own imagination is pretty vivid and many of my insiders can't handle explicit depictions of brutal cruelty toward powerless little children. I try to limit how much detail and "punch" I use in describing my past and issues.
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The first time i watched Sybil, I was very intrigued and wasn't triggered. However, once I started therapy sessions, I decided to watch it. For a couple of days, I felt very agitated, hyperwatchful of my surroundings and people, and easily startled.
Books that contain very graphic descriptions make me dissociate. I start feeling that I am being attacked.