Movie Trailers On Facebook

[cherryblossom]

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't really understand why you cant just ignore something that might trigger you.

Just because a movie trailer appears on your facebook feed, you don't have to watch the trailer.

I don't really see whether it matters if you think the book and or film is good, bad, dreadful, unrealistic, whatever. If it triggers you, just avoid it.

The only time I can see that being difficult is if you are going to watch another movie, and it comes up as a trailer, since you don't have the option to change the channel. So, just don't go to the cinema for a few months.

It's certainly not going to be in the headlines for 8 months. Probably more likely a few weeks here and there leading up to it's release and a couple of weeks once it's released and the critics get hold of it.

Honestly my feeling is that if a movie release is your biggest issue, then you don't have too much to worry about.

 

[NicG]

@digger you have a point. I have blocked a few people from my news feed recently and it's definitely a good idea to revise my friends list and make sure I stay away from triggery people who will talk about it all the time, maybe a good opportunity to cut off some unhelpful relationships?

@FridayJones generally bailing on conversations if they get uncomfortable and stressful always helps, you're right. Maybe I should figure out a series of excuses/other things to do in whatever context like you seem to have, before I'm in the moment?

@cherryblossom if I could ignore my triggers, I wouldn't have PTSD... I get what you're saying but the reaction to the trailer was more shock and the realisation that it was going to become a topic of interest in the general community again. Everyone at my workplace is very open to talking about absolutely anything and considering that I'm in a room with them ALL day I'm more worried about those conversations happening and me being trapped in them. Or if I'm in a group of friends and people start talking about it, since everyone loves talking about movies. A movie release is in NO way my "biggest issue"