Posted by deirdrehbrt on January 19, 2004, at 22:09:35
In reply to In Love and War ... why ?, posted by John2222 on January 19, 2004, at 20:23:35
Triggers? I can sell them to you by the truckload. I think though, that maybe when you keep going back to the books and movies, over and over, maybe it helps to remember that those aren't YOUR experiences, they belong to someone else. That's not to say that the events in your life that are brought to mind are any less important, but just that those from hollywood aren't the ones that matter.
I don't think there is an easy or universal way to handle the triggers we encounter. We are triggered because there is something that we still need to resolve. Some of them take a long time to resolve. Some of the triggers don't even look like the event that we need to deal with.
I've been dealing with a huge one of late. I think I've finally figured it out enough to talk to my T about it tomorrow. Before this week, I couldn't explain it because I didn't even know what was going on. Who knows? maybe I'll finally have dealt with just this one.
I think that's how it goes. You take them one at a time, and each one bit by bit.
As one of my sayings goes, "If time heals all wounds, I'm gonna be healing for an awfull long time". I hate it, but it's going to take a really long time for me to get well.
Good luck on your journey.
Dee.
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