Triggers

Yes. Allll the time. In fact this happens with a lot of my favorite shows, especially Handmaid’s Tale. Unfortunately, I had to stop watching some of my favorite shows because I couldn’t distance/separate myself. But better to not watch if it’s only going to upset and trigger me.

@catstronaut99 thank you for that...and yeah sometimes i feel drawn into what im seeing like im part of it...

I get sucked in and feel like I am part of it too. I’ll become outraged at injustices, triggered by traumatic events. I feel as though I am going through it all with them. I think we may just be very empathetic! But we also have to protect ourselves from unnecessary upsets. I wish I could watch tv like other people and just go “nah. It’s not real”. But I think, but my emotions are! The themes they are explaining are real! What is happening to them happens to people in real life. I stick to Disney mostly now haha 😆 happy endings guaranteed!

@catstronaut99 its like im no longer on the couch but im in the action now....

@Hadallmyshots

I don’t watch many tv shows nor movies. But really violent movies can trigger me as i am not one for violence at all. Music with too much screeching and screaming and yelling in it can trigger my anxiety bad 😊

@emotionalTalker2260 thank you for that....its nice to know im not alone...

@Hadallmyshots

nice to know I’m not the only one either 😀

@emotionalTalker2260 here to help

@Hadallmyshots

😊 thanks

^{Any sexual violence can trigger me.}

@fantasticSeal6254 im sorry i totally understand....