I simply choose not to remember. That is, I have trained a mental motion to suppress remembering the past. (This is mostly useful for stopping rumination, rather than triggering.)
sigh there are some things I'd suppressed for many years and suddenly remembered and idk if it's like, best to try to suppress again or somehow process it... like idk what to do w the hidden videocamera and not knowing if there are tapes out there of me being raped
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Tweet · Feb 27, 2025there are some memories i know happened, they're indexed, but i can't replay from the first person perspective because my mental state is too…Post · May 5, 2023what are you actually supposed to do when triggered to vividly remember trauma to move towards healing rather than rumination n perpetuating the pain?Reply · Mar 24, 2024@TheAnnaGat replaying and reacting to the memories again and again, less frequently over time, until your brain really updates that they're goneReply · Jul 30, 2026this can be adaptive in some shitty situations... cptsd - don't notice the elephant don't notice don't notice don't