Hi folks.
I wasn’t quite sure which room to put this in, so I went for general.
A few days ago, it was the anniversary of the terrorist attack I survived. We had a nice memorial event, and there were a few people who had survived other attacks there and I made some fantastic connections.
The problem is, I got home, and everyone I have tried to tell about these events has looked utterly horrified and then changed the subject at the first given moment. And it’s not like I’ve gone particularly emotional about it - in fact, some of the things were relatively nice anecdotes. But my friends seem to want to change the subject at the first possible moment.
I don’t want to force the subject on them, as it’s not like this is a counselling session. But I just kind of find it sad that I can’t even talk about the nice parts of the anniversary event without my friends looking at me like I’m about to burst out crying (which I’m not).
Does anyone else find this? And if so, is there a better way to approach it? Because I currently feel like I’m about to explode from having to keep everything about the attack and the anniversaries inside!
I wasn’t quite sure which room to put this in, so I went for general.
A few days ago, it was the anniversary of the terrorist attack I survived. We had a nice memorial event, and there were a few people who had survived other attacks there and I made some fantastic connections.
The problem is, I got home, and everyone I have tried to tell about these events has looked utterly horrified and then changed the subject at the first given moment. And it’s not like I’ve gone particularly emotional about it - in fact, some of the things were relatively nice anecdotes. But my friends seem to want to change the subject at the first possible moment.
I don’t want to force the subject on them, as it’s not like this is a counselling session. But I just kind of find it sad that I can’t even talk about the nice parts of the anniversary event without my friends looking at me like I’m about to burst out crying (which I’m not).
Does anyone else find this? And if so, is there a better way to approach it? Because I currently feel like I’m about to explode from having to keep everything about the attack and the anniversaries inside!