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Better to avoid or to force triggering?

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Thanks for your detailed response, it's good to hear you've been finding a path that's been helping you :) I've also been trying lots of new things in the last several months and trying to enjoy life and just have raw fun by myself every once in a while.
I've been walking through nature 40 minutes each day, at first I was forcing myself and it was a struggle, but now I really enjoy it and see it as the highlight of my day :) And I've started climbing trees, since that's one of the few things I genuinely liked doing in the past.
But I seem to have problems specifically with lots of people looking at me, that I guess makes sense now that I think about it, since one of my traumatic childhood experiences seems to be of getting raped while lots of people were watching me. I'm just starting to realise that this explains why I'm scared to be around lots of people and why I try to be so invisible. But since my PTSD symptoms are fairly subtle except for when I'm around lots of people potentially looking at me, I want to work on this directly rather than continue hiding from anywhere that has lots of people.

Sounds totally GREAT! The more you do, the easier it will get! At least that's my experience. ? Climbing trees just sounds fun......but I don't think I could do that without a ladder. I'll feel that one vicariously through your tree climbing experience.?
 
Haha yeah fair enough :-) But it does feel good that I've found something I enjoy even by myself. Just like how you are enjoying art now
 
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