Saw some triggering content

[Grace360]

Recently my anxiety is still there but its better. Until of course it had to be triggered again. I was fine. Then I saw about this girl on tiktok of course. And of course I love tiktok and usually things have a trigger warning. But they never have trigger warnings for this kinda stuff, I guess they don't find it important. Whichever. This woman, I think 20s or early 30s, had something happen to her when she was a kid. Apparently as a kid she went down, lying down to sleep. Instead of just sleeping she fell into comatose, a coma basically. Came out of it a few days later. But the triggering part is that she never found out why that happened. She went to doctors or whatever, for years, and she still didn't find the answer. That scares me immensely. Usually I can look at things that happen and be like, yea I can try to prevent that. But I couldn't if that happened to me. What if I did but I wasn't as lucky as she was. And that ties into my fear of sudden death especially at a young age like me.
Ties into my fears of an aneurysm too. Those sudden situations.

Also another issue I've been having that I don't wanna look up out of fear. Lately at night sometimes when I overeat, I feel it. Like what feels like when gas gets stuck, I feel that up in my chest sometimes. Just an aching. Goes away in a few seconds. But it worries me of course.

If anyone can help me with one or both of those issues. I'm trying to get better but these are just invading my mind with worry.

 

[bigjetplane6]

I would suggest deleting Tik Tok and any other social media that triggers you.
I had to delete Tik Tok and IG for that reason.

 

[Grace360]

I would suggest deleting Tik Tok and any other social media that triggers you.
I had to delete Tik Tok and IG for that reason.

Wish I could. A part of my anxiety is that I need distractions. Mostly I'm on my computer and that helps. I can just watch something and zone out. If I don't have something to do my mind wanders. And considering it's not too many times I come across triggering content, I keep it. Same with anything else. Every social media can be triggering. It's a risk but I can't just be a recluse.

 

[Cuchculan]

But you keep on been triggered on social media. Is that worth the risk? or would you rather not be triggered and do something else on the net instead. It is a very big place. Loads of sites on it. Must be another option other than something that always triggers you.

 

[Iugrad91]

Find other ways to distract yourself. Maybe start a hobby or do some exercise? Even just going for a long walk can help to refocus your thoughts. Photography is a great hobby for beginners. What are your interests? What do you like to learn about? Do you like to read? Cook?

Learning meditation can really help with the mind wandering. The whole point of meditation is to recognize when the mind wanders and bring you back to the present. There are so many free meditation exercises on the internet, it’s really easy to get started.

 

[holly441]

Wish I could. A part of my anxiety is that I need distractions. Mostly I'm on my computer and that helps. I can just watch something and zone out. If I don't have something to do my mind wanders. And considering it's not too many times I come across triggering content, I keep it. Same with anything else. Every social media can be triggering. It's a risk but I can't just be a recluse.

Totally agree. Being 16 and having Health Anxiety for me is really hard. Last month i had a complete breakdown and deactivated my instagram and snapchat. I didn’t log back in until about 3 weeks later and i felt great for them few weeks but it didn’t help with Anxiety. People say deleting social media will solve all your problems and it really wont. You’ll see triggering things on social media as much as you will in real life. Social Media is often an escape for me, especially TikTok because it never gets old. Just try to shorten the amount of time you spend on it, especially at night as i find it to be more triggering at night time for some reason. Hope this helped

 

[bigjetplane6]

Totally agree. Being 16 and having Health Anxiety for me is really hard. Last month i had a complete breakdown and deactivated my instagram and snapchat. I didn’t log back in until about 3 weeks later and i felt great for them few weeks but it didn’t help with Anxiety. People say deleting social media will solve all your problems and it really wont. You’ll see triggering things on social media as much as you will in real life. Social Media is often an escape for me, especially TikTok because it never gets old. Just try to shorten the amount of time you spend on it, especially at night as i find it to be more triggering at night time for some reason. Hope this helped

I had to delete IG and Tik Tok because I saw a lot of triggering content.
I am not going back.
Even Snapchat is starting to be a trigger for me.