I sometimes find posts triggering. I'm new here but have posted elsewhere. For me as an individual, and I've had quite a bit of therapy over the years already, I figure if something triggers me then I need to work through it. Slowly. At my own pace. Not by forcing myself to read something that is drastically upsetting, but by taking it one step at a time. I read just to the edge of my comfort level, and that's it. Often I post how similar things happened to me, and what I did about it. Things don't trigger me as much as they used to--but, there are still certain songs I don't want to listen to, and certain movies or TV shows I don't want to watch. I used to make myself watch and listen anyway, until I decided I was needlessly torturing myself.
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