Triggered ! ! !

[Bucky'sAngel]

Holy buckets - I am sitting here trying to get myself calmed down again.

I actually had a pretty great Christmas (the first in probably 5 - 6 years), saw a great movie on pay per view with my husband (subject matter potentially triggering), and even met with my attorney in preparation for a confrontation with my long term disability insurance company. Sailed right through most of it without boiling over.

Brief discussion with my husband a few minutes ago just sent me over the edge. I know what, and why I am triggered - - now the matter of getting myself on top of this situation again.

Thanks for listening.

 

[safenow]

Don't forget to breath and do it slowly and deeply.

 

[Bucky'sAngel]

Thanks.

 

[Bucky'sAngel]

Well, unfortunately I couldn't let go of my frustration and anger and gave up and took one of my meds. sigh.

 

[safenow]

It's okay. Meds can come in handy at times. I'm sorry you got so frustrated.

 

[Nicolette]

Just a reminder that content is not removed after posting sorry.

 

[safenow]

Well, unfortunately I couldn't let go of my frustration and anger and gave up

[DLMURL]https://www.ptsdforum.org/c/threads/fast-grounding-5-4-3-2-1-game.30079/[/DLMURL]

I really recommend you print this out and keep a copy close to you. Try it before you need it and you'll see how fast it works, and how good it is.

Take good care of you,
safenow

 

[Loveneverfails]

I think it's really admirable you tried to calm down on your own first before you turned to your meds. That's the healthy way of handling those sorts of situations, and the meds are there for exactly that reason, for when you can't do it on your own. I hope you're feeling better, getting triggered is such a frightening and frustrating experience.