Any tips on how to deal with triggers?

[Anonymous]

There are many pictures from my past that I want to delete, but every time I try to look back at them I get really triggered due to traumatic experiences. I used to see a psychologist once a week, but I stopped going, because I was making a lot of progress and feeling better. I am still feeling better. My life is so peaceful at the moment. But when I look back at these old photos and videos, my heart starts raising and I feel sick to my stomach. Almost like I’m suffocating. How do I deal with this? It’s been longer than a year now. Does it ever get better?

[petitedollbabee]

Trauma and triggers never go away, hun. I’m sorry to say. But they do get somewhat easier to manage with time and therapy. Therapy especially, can teach us coping mechanisms, and ways to push through a trigger when it happens. I’ve got old trauma and I have a couple of triggers that make life difficult, but thanks to therapy, I have things in place to calm me down when triggered, and help me to remain regulated so that I can push through and carry on. It’s not easy to push through, but it’s a necessary skill to learn.

[HelpfulWoman]

You go back to therapy. Feeling "better" isn't actually a good reason to stop.

[boggboss]

U clearly left therapy before u was ready

[laly520]

therapy helps