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Originally Posted by Kiya
Triggers can be positive - a smell reminds someone of something and that triggers a good thought or memory or brings back a nostalgic moment.
In Intensive Outpatient, the instructor used the word "reggirt" which is trigger backwards just so it would not trigger people (then he went on to use actual words defining horrid moments that send me running from the room  )
It is good to recognize that "trigger" doesn't have to be a bad thing and that yeah, I think of our switching as more of being cued: to drive, to shop, to put our "mask" on so others can't see us, to be real with friends. Whereas our 5 senses give triggers that can bring up good or bad feelings. |
Well said. I do think that there is too much negative verbiage regarding the DID condition. I would take a guess that most therapist and patients see "triggered" in a negative light. I like the word Cued. It's the actions after being cued that may be angry, fearful, happy, aggressive etc But the actual mechanism within us isn't bad. In it's day it was instinctual and saved us. And just like the instinctual creation through dissociation, I believe there is some type of internal process to release the system we created. Talk therapy helps to shine light on the existence of the system. But I truly think there is an instinctive process to release the system. If we created it, we have to be able to either continue changing the system or decide to release it. I would most likely have to change mine because I don't have a central self. Sorry I ramble.