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Anna Rollins's avatar

Oh, this resonates. Fortunately, for me, not with fall — but with spring. I’ve had a few traumatic events in early spring, and the flowers blooming trigger anniversary reactions for me. Thanks for such a thoughtful post.

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Brit Stueven's avatar

Awww. Isn’t it wild how these typically joyful things can actually be triggering deeper stuff for people?

Like...Halloween decorations now give me a little PTSD because that’s the day we lost my mom-in-law. I look at my neighbor’s front-yard graveyard extravaganza and think, “Come on, man, don’t you KNOW??” 😂🤷‍♀️ He doesn’t know...

I will think of you now when I see blooming things. Thanks for sharing that. And as always, thanks so much for reading.

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