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Anybody else have weird triggers? Want to list them? (yes, *trigger warn*)
#706
Posted 15 June 2012 - 01:25 PM
- guys who work out
- every man actually
- every kind of touching ( especially grabbing wrist or neck)
- hugs
- dark blue sheets
- white plastic bags
- minority report the movie
- dirty dancing music
- red cars
- motocycles
- rabbits
- key noises
- ravioli pastas
- male talking to me
- my period
- male trying to flirt with me
- trains
- big mirrors
- sexual content in movies/conversation
- his name
- some dark grey sofa
- buddha statues
- sink
- doing the dishes
- ringbell
- cigarette smoke
- Some kind of tatoos
- candies
- some radio station
- some yoga poses like lying on the back doing yogi breathnwith eyes closed
- green balls or balloons
- gun ( even in photo, movie or in policeman pocket)
- me... ( looking at me on the mirror)
- the word "princess"
#707
Posted 15 June 2012 - 10:36 PM
- Football
- green and yellow jerseys
- mangos
- talking or thinking about fisting
- people who are taller than me (esp males)
- people who are broader/look stronger or heavier than me (esp males)
- gmail chat
- blue carpets
- printed pictures
- long straight hair on girls
- messy black liner on girls (just on top lid)
- the places THEY call home
- being quizzed on song names, dates in history or names
- anything about football
- tongues (seeing them)
- beards
- someone saying 'mine' to me
- specific types of slang
- did I mention football
- and football. anything about it, watching it, people yelling about it, ANYTHING to do with.... how it works. (i cant even write out the stuff. makes me nauseous.)
- images of r*pe, ab*se, indifference to people's personal boundaries
- degrading jokes
- the term "p*ssy with life support"
and football. god I hate it so much.
#708
Posted 16 June 2012 - 04:02 PM
#709
Posted 20 June 2012 - 12:40 AM
A child crying
Mean or bossy women
Hinton, wv
Camping (I'm trying very hard to get over this one)
People who can't or won't face reality
Robert de Niro
Bill oreilly
Incompetence
Injustice
The band ELO
#711
Posted 21 June 2012 - 06:14 AM
People standing in front of a window or doorway so bright that you can't see their faces.
Other things that are less strange, too... these are just the 2 that I don't understand.
#712
Posted 21 June 2012 - 02:12 PM
Mine are Hands on my shoulders
being tickled( this is extremely painful physically to me)
The smell of cigarretts
Anyone using the "F" word
Rape scenes in movies. I'll turn it off immediately
risk of possible relationship with a man.
hearing the word "Babe"
I have lots others but it's triggering me to even think of them.
Love and peace to all in Pandoras aquarium.
#713
Posted 22 June 2012 - 07:07 AM
-- terms of endearment (especially from men)
-- hearing/reading anything about CSA (Sandusky trial, ugh)
-- tickling (double ugh)
-- anyone touching my ears (especially men)
-- anyone pinching/squeezing the fat on my belly or arms (especially men)
This post has been edited by blackbird86: 22 June 2012 - 07:39 AM
#714
Posted 23 June 2012 - 12:41 PM
the smell of old spice or brut
people sneaking up behind me
twilight- when the sun goes down and it gets darker
washcloths
old men with big belly
#715
Posted 23 June 2012 - 11:15 PM
lultimanotte, on 04 June 2012 - 10:51 PM, said:
lultimanotte, on 10 November 2007 - 11:26 PM, said:
r*pe scenes.....or s*x scenes.....
the words: "retarded, abnormal, freak"
people telling me that im lying. even if its about something stupid.
oh goodness i could be here for a week if i write anymore
adding to myself.
family guy.
being grabbed from behind.
fat men. (most were fat) :(/>
alcohol
someone grabbing my wrist
any sexual talk at all
human sexuality and being a woman
(im getting worse :tear:/>
wedgies. i dont know why...
a melissa etheridge song......dont remember which. any songs that played during cookouts in the 90s.
#716
Posted 26 June 2012 - 09:45 PM
being held down even whrn playing around
any music by journey
Bright dance rave lights
Techno music
being drunk (brings back the feeling of being drugged)
smell of pine cleaner
being touched without my permission
anything sexual.
Its been 5 years and I'm still messed up
#718
Posted 26 June 2012 - 10:01 PM
-Bright colored decorating hearts, heart shaped boxes of chocolate, really anything valentines day related.
-Having my wrists held, or having my arms held above my head
-Pinching or specific special attention to my nipples especially
-Having to walk through slush or any kind of wet snow
-Any kind of rape or abuse in the media. I almost vomited while watching The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
#720
Posted 28 June 2012 - 11:36 AM
~Lily, on 26 June 2012 - 10:25 PM, said:
that kind of bothers me too. i know it is kind of a natural thing to do if it is consentual.
honestly i dont know why it triggers me. just makes me feel small and guilty for complaining about hurts i guess....

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