Sometimes the news gets to me, but it's usually movies that really trigger me. In fact, there are regular "disagreements" with certain members of my family regarding movie rentals. If not for my husband's support, I don't know what I would do. My aunt, particularly, will become quite upset if she doesn't get her way about what to rent when she visits. She'll continue to complain, and to say nasty things to me about me not letting them rent movies that I know will trigger me. The Road To Perdition was the latest.

I can watch monster movies for hours -- at least, the old ones, the newer ones are too gory -- but anything that involves a person doing something, like a hit man, will set me off. Nightmares, anxiety, etc. So, since I know that I can't watch that sort of thing, I just don't.

Thank god for my husband. He doesn't fully understand, but he accepts that it's true, and he does his best to protect me. I'm very fortunate to have him.

CSI and Law & Order don't seem to trigger me, I think because they're both well written. I did see a few minutes of "Walker, Texas Ranger" once, though, and that set me off for a couple of days of nightmares and insomnia. That wasn't even a full episode -- just the few minutes at the end when I was waiting for the next show to start. I can't believe that sort of garbage is on TV.