Yes, this site is really triggering, first day I found it I could only read 3-4 posts and first I felt a rush of "this relates to me I'm not alone!" but immediately after I just felt really down and didn't know why, just out of energy and bring stuff back.
I learned about a few "new" triggers, I don't know how, but it sparked me recognized stuff like the smell of skin especially sweat on the hands, thats a trigger where I feel like I'm suffocating. I never really realized fully why, and obviously I try to keep peoples hand off my face at all times, and it rarely happens that I allow it. But even though some triggers on the site itself may be distressing, they are good exposure, and gain more understanding. The anxiety will lesson hopefully, but sometimes you need to limit how much you expose yourself at a time. Like me, I posted a topic, and had to stop reading all other topics altogether for a while, and couldn't even reply to my own topic until today really, I had to wait till I was ready again. Just go with your gut, dont get TOO uncomfortable. Know you limits.
just had to add that when I wrote this I took a sleeping pill right before so it kind of sounds like it doesn't make full sense. I hope it made enough sense to get my point across sorry!
I learned about a few "new" triggers, I don't know how, but it sparked me recognized stuff like the smell of skin especially sweat on the hands, thats a trigger where I feel like I'm suffocating. I never really realized fully why, and obviously I try to keep peoples hand off my face at all times, and it rarely happens that I allow it. But even though some triggers on the site itself may be distressing, they are good exposure, and gain more understanding. The anxiety will lesson hopefully, but sometimes you need to limit how much you expose yourself at a time. Like me, I posted a topic, and had to stop reading all other topics altogether for a while, and couldn't even reply to my own topic until today really, I had to wait till I was ready again. Just go with your gut, dont get TOO uncomfortable. Know you limits.
just had to add that when I wrote this I took a sleeping pill right before so it kind of sounds like it doesn't make full sense. I hope it made enough sense to get my point across sorry!
