Hi lovies! 💜💜💜💜 I don’t know if this is because of trauma or something I can’t explain; but if anyone has this problem can you let me know?
I used to LOVE watching movies and TV shows of all kinds. Love stories, comedy, horror, etc. I remember watching Walk the Line, Gladiator, Dirty Dancing, Scarface, Save the Last Dance, etc. I consider myself to be a very passionate person and inspirational movies just warm my heart.
For a few years now, I can’t watch anything but The Office. We play it over and over on our DVR. I really want to see the new Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga movie, but the trailer was so triggering. And It’s definitely MY kind of movie.
I guess I’m saying, I miss that feeling after seeing a good movie. I miss a lot about myself in general. I’m triggered by everything! But why? It just makes me sad that I lost this big part of myself that I actually loved. I suffer enough from other things. Why this too?
I can relate. Movies used to be my escape. Now they're my trigger. I know for some movies they trigger me because they remind me of when I watched them with my ex. So I can understand that trigger but I can't understand why new movies trigger me too. It's hard to even try to watch a movie because I cant sit still, it's an awful feeling.
It's not fair. I've been struggling a lot recently and I just want to escape into a good movie and I cant even do that. It's very frustrating and depressing
In my experience, the more I avoid something, the worse it gets. Perhaps start with simple show that may have a bit of a trigger. Breathe through it and use grounding techniques. Watch it again the next day, and again until you don't get triggered by it. Then add another episode. I imagine it won't be long until you can expand your options.
Ive had this problem too, especially going to movie theaters at the time I was struggling w anxiety. The loud noise, the speed of the camera angles and the crowd within the theater would trigger me. It was all anxiety. I had to push through it.
I liked AZ's solution for this. I had to do the same.
Hey, any movie/tv shows that are emotional or violent trigger me too. I keep to sci-fy to avoid most of the triggers but, this cut out 2/3 of my viewing options. I also don't like theaters or crowds. So, there's that too. What we need to do is gather a small group of ADAA people together who understand each others problems and watch movies/tv shows together! You know, 6 or 7 people together as a support group. Yeah....I like that idea!
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