Comment on Daily Discussion Thread:🫑Wed 27 Mar 2024

• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  keep my focus on the end goal, for me it was watching the movie channel. It is important to me.

  try to immerse myself in other aspects of the situation than what triggers me

  in this case it was the accent and dialect, so while still hearing in the background I concentrated on the story and the visuals

  slowly increase my attention to the trigger, I suppose you could call it desensitisation

  in the past while overcoming triggers I would allow myself to run or stop an activity, but only ONCE, that was the deal I made with myself, thereafter I had to be brave and face my trigger

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes, some of the hardest work ever but soooo soooo worth it. True courage is being afraid but not letting that stop you. Had to face something like that (different context), and it took a lot of repetition to de-sensitise.

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    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I want to point out that it can only be done from a place of safety. Being in a safe place is like the first thing my psych said to me on my first visit.

      If there is still a dangerous situation focus on escape or harm mitigation.

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