hello Startingnew, what the idea of keeping out of returning back into depression is to avoid any trigger points, and these you may have been able to learn over a long period, and once you know that there could be one approaching, that's when you must step aside and let it go through or you go another way.
If however you feel strong enough to handle any looming threat, then you have become stronger than you could have possibly imagined, unfortunately this doesn't happen that often.
The wait and the anticipation of how your reply maybe interpreted by the person you replied to, or by what others have to say, which may go against what you have said, is highly likely to increase your anxiety, and is not what I would suggest, it could cause a relapse, that perhaps could have been avoided.
It seems as though your diving into a pool full of sharks, hoping that you won't be bitten.
If you see a post that you feel could trigger an negative reaction, is it worth the chance, although there could be a possibility that some people want to go head to head with a problem as a means of overcoming their depression, but doing it this way you have to be strong to pull away when it gets too much. Geoff.
