Hey all, it's been a while since I've been on here. I'm wondering how everyone deals with triggers that seem to pop up EVERYWHERE.

In my case, it's the recent elementary school massacre. Every time I see something about it I feel this sinking pit in my stomach and I just want to go to sleep forever. There is absolutely no way for me to deal with it and rationalize it. I don't even like the inspirational quotes related to the situation. I can't deal with it.

But, as anyone on the internet knows, coverage from the massacre is EVERYWHERE. And I mean everywhere. It's on every single site I frequent. I can't get away from it, even though I am actively avoiding the subject. I was even at work the other day and a customer started trying to make conversation about it, talking about how awful it was, and I had no idea how to even say anything besides "I have major depression and things like this are huge triggers for me and they make me want to blow my brains out". So I just ignored her, which, obviously, is not something you should do to a customer at work.

Aside from avoiding the trigger, what do you do when it pops up? What can you do?

And if possible, can we focus this thread on the above question and not on the massacre itself? That would just make my whole situation worse, I think : (