Hi all,
I know avoidance isn't a healthy tactic. But there are sometimes when a trigger is going to be too much. For example, at work on Friday everyone was talking about the London Bridge attack, and it took word spreading about my PTSD around the office for people to stop talking about it, which just made me feel awkward.
But even after that, it was all over social media, I got alerts from my news app, I heard people talking about it on the train and in the street. There's no way to avoid all of that, short of staying home, staying off social media and avoiding all conversations, which isn't healthy at all.
How do you deal with triggers in everyday life? I wanted just to put my headphones in and not listen, but obviously that's not a permanent option, so if anybody has any techniques to cope with triggers, they would be much appreciated.
I know avoidance isn't a healthy tactic. But there are sometimes when a trigger is going to be too much. For example, at work on Friday everyone was talking about the London Bridge attack, and it took word spreading about my PTSD around the office for people to stop talking about it, which just made me feel awkward.
But even after that, it was all over social media, I got alerts from my news app, I heard people talking about it on the train and in the street. There's no way to avoid all of that, short of staying home, staying off social media and avoiding all conversations, which isn't healthy at all.
How do you deal with triggers in everyday life? I wanted just to put my headphones in and not listen, but obviously that's not a permanent option, so if anybody has any techniques to cope with triggers, they would be much appreciated.