Was just browsing the newspaper online and man, one isn't safe even there. Scantily clad women showing up in the ad bar on the side. God damn it, almost triggered me when i noticed but i quickly scrolled down.
Hey, akpal2. Good job on quickly scrolling away from this. Should this kind of thing happen again- depending on the pull of it (which is our own reaction), kind of just slow down, become aware of it (mindfully), check your pulse- did it cause a physical reaction? Okay. Nonjudgmentally take a few deep breaths until you feel calmer, then check your pulse again.
This isn't always necessary to do, only when we feel urges come up due to what we saw. But it may also serve as an exercise to dismissing urges, and to learning that you're in control- and not an image on the screen.
Too many guys (and I've done this, too) avoid this or that because they're afraid of being 'triggered'. But there's a difference between a 'higher brain' and a 'lower brain' response. A higher brain response would be to logically avoid putting ourselves in situations where we'd be tempted. A lower brain response is the animalistic 'fight-or-flight' responses, where we give too much power to the pixalized images, or circumstances, which actually weakens us and strengthens these urges.
Does that difference in response make sense?