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Alive99
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Default Jun 21, 2021 at 05:18 PM
 
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Originally Posted by TishaBuv View Post
It feels like every time I get into the bad drama, I wish I had just accepted that person’s behavior in the first place and not reacted negatively. For now, I need to walk away because my emotions are too intense with one person’s consistent triggers. But, I’d like to work myself up to not removing myself and simply accepting them as they are and learning to react positively instead of negatively (which triggers PTSD in me…so this is no easy feat!)

I’d have saved myself so much pain if I could have only just done this in the first place.

I think I’ll pretend I’m the super easy-going hippie girl muppet, lol. It’s all cool, man!

Really nice and ambitious goal. If you can react in a neutral way (rather than negative), I think that's already a big goal. Maybe try to start with that first. And yes....PTSD is a b**ch, it's trivial for you probably, but yeah, it takes practice to separate the past (emotion) from the present (situation). I wish you good luck with all this.
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