[heaeliper]

some of mine:

Irish Spring Soap
Drakkar
Orange Juice
The Super Bowl
Memorial Day
Crowded Spaces
a 90s Hairdo

[roberteggleton]

I'm a survivor, psychotherapist, and author. Proceeds of my first novel are donated to prevent child abuse in West Virginia, U.S. (It was published in Leeds.) Anyway, sometimes, even if the scene doesn't have the slightest thing to do with violence, even when it is laugh-out-loud funny, I get triggered, almost like I feel guilty for having gotten rid of my shame and anger. Weird, huh?

[seastar]

Here are some of my triggers...I don't understand them all as my memories aren't very clear.

• Songs from the 60s and 70s...particularly the song "Honey Honey, Sugar Sugar"
  
• When my T (an older man) says my name
  
• certain sexual acts that I cannot do
  
• Gentle sex that involves caressing
  
• Hearing certain words that pertain to being disciplined (i.e. sp-nk, nau--ty, b-d girl, etc.)
  
• The tone of voice of an angry man
  
• Seeing a naked female baby or toddler
  
• Feeling like I am being watched
  
• Kissing
  
• hearing his name

I am sure there are more but these are at the top of my head. Thought I would share. Helps to read others`.

[purplegiraffe]

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[purplegiraffe]

burkeev, on 06 October 2012 - 05:46 PM, said:

Rap music. I wasn't expecting that to be a trigger and found out the hard way that it was.

yes, for me too.
certain songs specifically, or bands.

also talk of violence and terrorism.

[chantel2012]

chantel2012, on 25 August 2012 - 02:50 PM, said:

The video game Skyrim

Star Wars (or anything associated with it)

Breathing or being kissed on or around my neck (something I used to love... He ruined it for me... a**hole)

Sometimes being f**gered will REALLY trigger me

S*x in general is triggering although not as bad as it once was... It is weird, it is usually hard for me to have s*x or to "get started" but once we start it is tolerable but then at other times during the middle of it I will just FREAK out and like cry and start to shake or I will just "blank out" and go inside of myself. My response varies and I never know how I will react so it is hard for me to have it now because I never know how I will react and it is embarrassing. :cry:/>/>

Guys who look or sound a certain way (voice tone I mean)

Guys with a certain name.....

Songs/Movies

Domestic Violence

Mind control/abuse

I have to stop I am starting to trigger myself.... :scared:/>/>

Thanks for this thread by the way! ♥♥♥♥ :thumbsup:/>/>



Chantel ♥

Okay, well I now have more... I was r*ped again back in September of 2012 and all of the prior triggers were from December 2011 and before.

Anyway here's new triggers:

His name

The 'cabin' (where it took place)

Anything that reminds me of him (my dad is best friends with him. Still...)

The numbers 22 and 29. (They are dates.) 12/29/11 and 09/22/12...

Just, lately I have this 'feeling' of something in my head that needs to be known and I can almost sense it but it's not there. I KNOW that probably made no sense at all haha.

I don't know, there are others... I'll add more later.

Oh, belts sometimes and tickling sometimes. Just a lot of spontaneous and unpredictable things.

[purplegiraffe]

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[Cherline]

I have a new one. I looked twice to the TV series Alcatraz, and both times some scenes were triggering, which caused me to have huge and horrible nightmares. Now hearing the TV presenter announce Alcatraz is enough to let me get an anxiety attack. Had one last night, and my little One was so anxious that she curled up in a corner, sobbing.
I get nightmares of prisoners of Alcatraz appearing randomly anywhere. :unsure:/>

And now, some kind of bald heads too.

[MoltenFlower]

- Long finger nails
- Dirty finger nails
- Female crying in porn
- Any sexual assault in movies
- Cheap beer in metal cans
- Any sign that I might have a UTI or yeast infection.

[soulconstance]

"Repetitive motion" -- not sure if it's a trigger, but it makes me want to run and scream from the room so it probably is... but if someone say, rubs my arm, by too long it starts to feel really bad.
Mazdas.... or green cars --- Green is my favorite color, but now green cars remind me of my x-husband
The phrase "I'm crazy about you".... reminds me of being assaulted the 3rd time in my teens
Laying down to bed, especially if I'm not tired --- this probably sounds weird... but more often then not, I trigger when I lay down to sleep....... beds in general can be a serious trigger
Being around children who were the age I was when I was abused.


.... I probably have a lot more to add, but that's all I can say right now.

This post has been edited by soulconstance: 03 May 2013 - 12:20 PM

[laurie1984]

- the smell of beer
- the who song 'behind blue eyes' he said it was about him and me (god i wish i didn't have his blue eyes)
- seeing girls sitting on their father's knee
- doors being slightly open at night
- the dark (so terrified of the dark)

[greeneggsandcam]

- rectangular fluorescent lights
- people touching or breathing on my neck (especially the back or left side)
- cuddling in beds
- blankets being pulled over my head
- people touching my left hip
- going to my friend's house where it happened
- seeing pictures of him
- sexual assault in movies
- skylights

I guess most of them aren't that weird, I dunno, but some days it's hard to take the train because of the lights.