You looked unsure last week about me reading the book you mentioned. It might trigger me, you said. I could see your concern and, in hindsight, I wonder if you wished you never mentioned the book. I mean, you weren't to know I was going to find a copy and start reading it so soon. And, when I did, you looked like you were weighing up the idea, whether it was a good thing or a bad thing for me ro read. In the end, you reminded me that it may be triggering but it may also be validating. Well, you were right. I found it both. It did trigger me. It is also very validating to read. So I continued reading it. But I had to put the book down tonight. It's one of the most triggering things I have read. It's content and description of sh has triggered my sh. We both know it's been a long while. I'm not sure I should tell you. I don't want you to wish you'd never mentioned the book to me or feel anything about it, in any way. I don't know how to tell you what triggered me.
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