Hi everyone,
I will get right to it. A few months ago, my colleagues, let's referred to them as the Group, and I went through something traumatic. I don't want to say what happened but it was frightening. I am finally starting treatment this month but I'm nervous since I haven't talked about the incident in about a month and just filling out the intake form via email brought up a lot of emotions. I immediately wanted to call one of the Group but I stopped myself because I didn't want to trigger them. There's been a lot of bad personal stuff happening as well so I have been pretty overwhelmed. The Group have told me to call anytime because I have been there for them when they needed it. I feel like we were anchors for each other but now I worry I might pull them down in the depths with me and drown them...I don't want to add to their suffering or trigger it if they're doing well. I would really like to talk to them about it. I wonder if they want to talk to me? Basically, I am confused if talking to them about what happened to us is a good thing or a bad thing.
I will get right to it. A few months ago, my colleagues, let's referred to them as the Group, and I went through something traumatic. I don't want to say what happened but it was frightening. I am finally starting treatment this month but I'm nervous since I haven't talked about the incident in about a month and just filling out the intake form via email brought up a lot of emotions. I immediately wanted to call one of the Group but I stopped myself because I didn't want to trigger them. There's been a lot of bad personal stuff happening as well so I have been pretty overwhelmed. The Group have told me to call anytime because I have been there for them when they needed it. I feel like we were anchors for each other but now I worry I might pull them down in the depths with me and drown them...I don't want to add to their suffering or trigger it if they're doing well. I would really like to talk to them about it. I wonder if they want to talk to me? Basically, I am confused if talking to them about what happened to us is a good thing or a bad thing.