PTSD is ultimately an issue of trying to resolve an experience that has been incompletely processed by the mind and body because survival (physical, emotional or both) demanded that processing it be put aside… and parts of the experience shoved out of awareness.
Triggers are things closely related to that unprocessed experience that recalls that experience and brings up that experience in the mind and body.
Triggers can be as random as certain smells, or as simple as certain sounds. What one would often think should be triggering often isn’t, and what shouldn’t be triggering often is.
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Edited by Yur Dadgone: 11/23/2022 12:53:20 AMSee below. Still getting used to all this stuff.
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Edited by Yur Dadgone: 11/23/2022 12:52:25 AMIs it possible to actually suffer PTSD from a violent experience and be able to engage in violence, even if it’s through games or a controlled environment, without being triggered?
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Yes, like most things in life, not all PTSD is the same. People have a wide variety of experiences that are the cause of PTSD and their triggers are different. There are some themes that are the same across PTSD, but everyone's PTSD is not the same.
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Thank you for the engagement.