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Well, how do you deal with triggers? TW
4 years ago
Do not read if you don't like when people complaining or if you are a sensitive person. TW: hospital, blood, traumas
How do you guys deal with triggers which are causing bad flashbacks? And what to do when flashbacks coming from nowhere at the night and starts to put you in a horrible state? I thought I had some traumas, but I never experiences something like that before. Not sure, but seems like a true panic attack. Everything was fine until a few months ago, but I think the time did not heal me.
It's soon the anniversary of the worst event in my life when I was sure I was feeling how I'm dying slowly, spent 3 months in the hospital and always on hard treatment. Some of you might remember this period of my life, you can't imagine how much your support was helpful.
Long story short, every time I see photos or videos of someone in the hospital it's just horrible, not even talking about scenes with blood. Even just writing about it right now causes awful state.
I need help :(((
Sorry if I'm bothering.
May.
How do you guys deal with triggers which are causing bad flashbacks? And what to do when flashbacks coming from nowhere at the night and starts to put you in a horrible state? I thought I had some traumas, but I never experiences something like that before. Not sure, but seems like a true panic attack. Everything was fine until a few months ago, but I think the time did not heal me.
It's soon the anniversary of the worst event in my life when I was sure I was feeling how I'm dying slowly, spent 3 months in the hospital and always on hard treatment. Some of you might remember this period of my life, you can't imagine how much your support was helpful.
Long story short, every time I see photos or videos of someone in the hospital it's just horrible, not even talking about scenes with blood. Even just writing about it right now causes awful state.
I need help :(((
Sorry if I'm bothering.
May.
I wish talking could help, but it's just too deep in me and I must learn to deal with it by myself.
Thank you so much for your support, I appreciate it!!
I needed hospitalization 19 years ago, i had to stay in hospital for 7 months without eating (just the goop being pressed inside my veins)
To this day when people tell me i should not eat or i should eat less... all i get are extreme feelings that i don't want to end up like the skeleton i was after that experience.
Whiiiiiich results in me often eating until i cry because i really cannot eat anymore but i still feel how hungry i was back then.
I mean... it does not happen ultra often, because i don't exactly roll around, i don't have diabetes and i even have low blood pressure, but i am in the "overweight zone" so to speak, because it does still happen from time to time and often enough that's basically the equivalent of driving me in a "food coma" once every 1 or 2 months.
And try to see if you can get out of your demons.
Be strong too.
I suggest you consider possibly trying to desensitize yourself to whatever upsets you most. I have observed that familiarity with a topic greatly softens how people react to it... and inversely, the more unfamiliar people are to a topic, the more likely they are to avoid it or dislike it.
If hospitals or doctors or disease/injuries make you anxious, perhaps watching a medical drama TV show would help to normalize your feelings on this subject. The great thing about a TV show: you can regulate your own dosage. I would recommend "House": it's about an eccentric jerk doctor and his team, as they try to figure out medical mysteries each episode.
If you can make the idea of hospitals mundane, you should be cured from this little phobia... in theory. It might be worth a try, right?
It may be a good idea, I think I'll start with a medical comedy like "Scrubs". And "House" too, it's really a good idea thank you. I think it can work.