I'm sorry you lost your mom at such an early age. Was it just recently that you've been able to put the hunger in the proper perspective?

I guess the bottom line of what I was trying to say in my last post is, have we forgiven someone if we are still triggered by similiar happenings in the present? They say that forgiving doesn't mean forgetting and I can understand it up to that point. Where I'm confused is when you can still be triggered by something. I mean, what does not forgetting really mean? Does it mean that you're able to put it in the past and it doesn't bother you anymore? You don't think about it anymore? Or can you think of it but it not have any effect on any of your emotions? And if it does, does that mean forgiveness never took place? Am I making any sense at all?

BTW, I realized now that I didn't flag my last post with the 'triggering' post icon as I should've. For that I apologize and hope that it has not caused any harm to anyone who may have read it.