I hope that taking back your power will be a really good thing for you sweetie

I hope that you'll see what can no longer cause you harm

Big hug and a blessing sent...xo

that worked for me. in my case it was "the zanti misfits" from outer limits. i would have been about 8 years old and living in the family dysfunction which brings me here. the zanti misfits haunted my nightmares for decades. streaming wasn't possible yet, so my exposure therapy came at the whim of the broadcast networks. i started afraid to watch and ended with a good belly laugh at myself. the zanti misfits looked pretty cheesy to my adult eye.

it's okay to be afraid, presh. feel that fear and work through it. you got this.

side note
the zanti misfits entered my dreams again after 2012 when my hubby started beekeeping. those suckers did look allot like bees. it was a much friendlier dream this time.

https://timewarriors.co.uk/2025/11/17/tw-watches-the-outer-limits-the-zanti-misfits/

Precious - Hoping these steps bring great results for you. You've got this.

@ arfie - I would have nightmares to after seeing those misfit creatures. Yikes!

I find a lot of people around here like to wear Chucky shirts and it causes flashbacks and panic attacks. It's my hope that watching this movie until it no longer affects me will work to resolve that. Thanks for the support!

@ Arfie, I have never seen that....

is it a weird coincidence that my middle aged sons had problems with chucky, too. i thought it was goofy. not so much the nightmares it gave my then young sons. they were 8 and 4 in 1988. i maybe should have been more restrictive in what i let them watch?

an irony i find in cinematic triggers is how similar both the personal and generalized triggers are. one person's nightmare is another person's cheezy joke. my sons laughed mercilessly at my zantis while i laughed at their chucky. i suspect they are among those chucky shirt wearers as a part of their own exposure therapy. whatever it takes to take back your power. hope healing happens here.

the damaging part is not the trigger but the events surrounding the birth of the trigger. i was living in a domestic war zone when i watched the zantis. ditto for my sons when they watched chucky.

side note
unless you are a vintage sci-fi fan, i don't recommend "the misfits" episode or even "the outer limits." the special effects of that era were pathetic.

That's the one, Alfie! It wasn't so much the movie itself but rather what happened surrounding it. I can't go directly to the man responsible, but I can go to the objects and other children involved. I got it all planned out so the first part is ready to go. The next part scares me but I'm pulling together what I feel I'm going to need to handle the task at hand.