One year anniversary
Its coming up to a year since the event. I just want to shut down and cut my ties with everyone. The event wasnt even that bad and it doesnt even feel justified to call it a ‘trauma but its the only way I can treat it.
@B0nnibel - no matter how severe the event was, it's something that's clearly still impacting you and that makes it serious and worth getting support for. If to you it was traumatic, then it is a trauma and there's nothing wrong with calling it that or feeling that way.
You said that you're feeling tempted to shut down and cut ties as you come up on the anniversary, and I can definitely understand how at times that feels safer, but I also think that often talking about it and reaching out can be really helpful in working through those feelings that are coming up. Do you think it might help to share here, even if you're not sure how you feel about talking to people in your life right now?
Sending you peace to help in getting through this tough time