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The man who wrote the book probably did so for cathartic reasons. He did so in his own words and on his own terms and probably found his Johari window opened and gave him a real sense of freedom.

When he was questioned about his mother he didn't have control and therefore when a question was asked that was intolerable to this man, he had nowhere to go and his trauma lay bare in front of him.

Although this interview triggered his depression, it was likely the realization that he didn't have the closure he thought he had and that in itself would of been very alarming and depressing.

Words can be dangerous weapons, even when uttered in a meaningful way and because we aren't professional therapists, we may think we are helping when we are in fact, making things worse.

Trigger warnings (PTSD ones) need to be managed under a psychologist who knows how to deal with them; someone who can journey with them through CBT and exposure therapy. Under such therapy triggers can be good because they are being professionally dealt with and often have a good outcome.