Trauma is exhausting.

Long story short, I had something retriggered this morning. And I mean it when I use that word.

I& #39;m exhausted, dissociated, and every muscle in my body that I can feel, aches from being coiled for too many hours.

Praying friends, I could use the prayershttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
I have a several hours long medical assessment Friday, a situation thats extremely retriggering, and I have to go alone.

My husband, who has come to every medical appointment since this particular trauma surfaced, isn& #39;t permitted.

I genuinely don& #39;t know how I& #39;ll get through it.
No caffeine or pain meds, because not feeling all pain might skew the results.

I don& #39;t know how having my partner there is too distracting and problematical for a physical ability assessment then, oh I dunno, the intense dissociation and missing signals from a trauma response.
I shared someone else& #39;s excellent thread awhile back, which talked about using "triggered" irresponsibly/inappropriately.

It has very specific meaning, and that needs to be saved for those situations. So that when someone says "I am triggered", it communicates what it needs too.
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