Triggers

Well this is new, which has been the case through all of this, but I've never experienced triggers before. Well, not as it pertains to depression anyways.

A trigger is something, a tv show, reading something, seeing something, or being around someone that evokes a response related to something in your past.

I no longer have those chaotic thoughts running through my head, but I am finding that watching or seeing things about suicide or self harm sets me off a little. I can easily push it away with positive thoughts, but I was surprised when it happened. I assumed those would just not happen anymore.

My hope is that as time goes on that they'll go away completely but if not I'm confident that as long as I continue to take my meds I'll be okay. I wonder though, if this will be a new "normal" for me.