Posted by Maria01 on August 14, 2007, at 10:10:19
In reply to Re: Trigger 'Trigger' » Maria01, posted by Tamar on August 14, 2007, at 4:41:56
>Well, gravity and seriousness are regular features of any academic or clinical field. How serious is too serious?<
When people forget their strenths and positive attributes; we all have them, regardless of how horrible our upbringing is. They may get overshadowed by all the focus on the horrible things, but it's still there. This may scare you, but there is room for some levity in even the most dry and serious academic discipline. Psychology is ultimately about people, and not just their pathology. A lot of therapies have become so focused on the clients' pathology that the flip side( a person's strength and resilience) gets neglected.
> We could also flip the script and see triggers as potentially informative...i.e. "I'm not the only one who feels that way," etc.
<Yes, sure.<
So Sorry you feel this way. Hopefully, things will turn around for you so that you can empathize a bit with relevant things on some of the trigger posts, or at least understand that your situation is a lot less isolating than you first thought, and that there are others working through it, too.
Remember, this is all just my personal opinion. If you agree with it, fine. If you don't agree with it, that's fine, too.
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