Self-abuse is how it ended up feeling to me after a while. There's some things that trip my trigger damn near everywhere I go, be it in real life or online. I have to be my own best trigger manager, so to speak. Social media, specifically facebook, has the option where you can remove posts from your feed if you don't want to see it.
I'm much more of an observer than a participant in those arenas nowadays, but if something shows up on mine that I'd rather not see/engage with/spend my energies on, I remove it out of sight. Problem solved, until the next one pops up, however, I've found since I choose to delete that kind of stuff, much less of it shows up. If only real life could be managed that easily.
I must consciously choose to not let myself go there when I know it's likely going to wreck my nervous system and cause even more stress. If I'm already feeling super antsy and on edge, I know that social media, and usually the internet as a whole, is somewhere I shouldn't be in the moment, so I choose less screen and more green and head outside, instead.
