Trauma Triggers

[FlexibleSoulWanderer]

I saw girl in a video today who looked exactly like my last girlfriend and my anxiety was triggered instantly and very harshly. I felt a cold wash over my body painfully and I barley kept from screaming and letting a full blown panic attack happen. I got extremely scared since I have trauma linked to my previous relationship, including issues with obsession and attachment. I have OCD and I'm so petrified with fear of betrayal and rejection that any trigger puts me on the edge of exsistential crisis. I'm still trying to calm down. How do you keep composure when you encounter triggers for traumatic memories?

[Marysblue]

If you can sit still and focus on the pain, it will work its way up and out for good.