Have you found yourself avoiding certain things you once enjoyed, because of triggers that cause you to relive trauma? I know I did.
Maybe you take a different way home from work, that’s a few minutes longer? I did that one too.
Maybe you don’t watch certain tv shows or movies or listen to certain songs, because they are triggering? I’m guilty of that one too.
Maybe you’ve found yourself avoiding connecting and letting yourself feel happy, because feeling happy has turned into a trigger too? Unfortunately that was me as well.
My trust was destroyed in an instant, but I didn’t quit loving her in an instant. So I had an internal battle inside of me I just didn’t know what to do with.
I would’ve tried to make it work with the person who betrayed me. But the moment I found out about the betrayal is also the moment I found out we were done. Reconciliation wasn’t possible. She was moving on.
How have you managed those triggers?