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Anybody else have weird triggers? Want to list them? (yes, *trigger warn*)

#301 User is offline   clj 

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Posted 14 July 2007 - 02:44 PM

I always get upset when people touch me without identifying themselves first. Or people who are really touchy-feely.

Law and Order SVU can be triggering as well, especially the very violent episodes.

#302 User is offline   brasschick10 

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Posted 17 July 2007 - 12:49 PM

my weirdest ones are:
cigarettee smoke (scent on clothes, breath, hair, anything), alcohol of almost any sort other than wine, raised hands/fists, long haired men with long beards, being touched, talk about s*x, any form of s*x on tv/movie, hearing "i love you...." "....prove it", closets that have doors, pain, not being able to breathe, being sat on, having a person over the top of me, and right now almost all movies or tv shows

#303 User is offline   Cayce 

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Posted 18 July 2007 - 07:21 AM

It's probably not weird but I think alcohol is. I had a sip of an alcoholic drink last night and I was nearly sick. :/ Also, men I don't know, tartan and Scottish accents.

#304 User is offline   SurvivingTheStorm 

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Posted 18 July 2007 - 06:08 PM

View Postclj, on Jul 14 2007, 02:44 PM, said:

I always get upset when people touch me without identifying themselves first. Or people who are really touchy-feely.

Law and Order SVU can be triggering as well, especially the very violent episodes.

Yeah, both of those trigger me as well...

I'm never going to get a complete list I always forget and have to add things! I give up... :(/>

#305 User is offline   Ellikus 

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Posted 19 July 2007 - 10:50 AM

My triggers..

* coffee - my perp drank it before kissing me..
* the smell of sex
* the smell and taste of s*men
* guys who wear glasses
* the words "i never meant to hurt you, im sorry" or any variation of that sentence
* feeling sexually aroused

#306 User is offline   Karolina12 

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Posted 02 August 2007 - 05:34 PM

Smell of beer on someone's breath
Being tickled
Being touched unexpectedly
My stomach being touched
New relationships
Acqua di gio by Armani cologne
Pillows over my face
Someone breathing in my face
People who talk about their abuse/rapes
Being naked without covers near me
Older men
Young girls
Being too close to strangers
Being woken up by someone (sometimes, haven't identified the specifics)
People talking about sex (sometimes, haven't identified the specifics)
People laughing loudly (sometimes, haven't identified the specifics)
Something about doors (haven't identified the specifics)

#307 User is offline   Karlz 

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Posted 02 August 2007 - 10:01 PM

Wow glad im not the only one!!!

Mine are:

Bus Drivers
Men in their late 30's-early 50's
Brazilian Men (im sorry i dont mean to be racist)
Goaties
Water skiiing
Boxer shorts
LUCASADE!!!! (i freak out)
The word Rape
people saying im sorry when they hear my story (dont be sorry!!!)
Men with young children
Sisters (especially 2 young girls)

Probably more but im not in the mood for a trip down memory lane today!

#308 User is offline   jumpingjellybeans 

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Posted 05 August 2007 - 09:17 PM

Strange Men
Men with children
Any man around a young girl
Buses
Being in a place I can't escape easily
Being touched while I'm sleeping
Being touched by strangers
Being alone in any public place
Crowds
Being Held down
My dad being around any kids
My dad making sexual jokes or references
Being touched by my dad in any way
Being home alone at night
Being alone with any male but my DF

#309 User is offline   Teddy91 

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Posted 28 August 2007 - 02:38 AM

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This post has been edited by Teddy91: 15 February 2012 - 08:57 PM

#310 User is offline   MinEda 

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Posted 29 August 2007 - 03:30 PM

Well, I don't know if they count as 'weird' but my triggers include;

- people playing with their hands - tapping them on the table or in any other way.
- being alone anywhere for a long period of time (4+ hours).
- sleeping on my back - which I don't do often, but I sometimes happen to lie that way for a minute and... yeah.
- ...

#311 User is offline   SurvivingTheStorm 

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Posted 29 August 2007 - 05:14 PM

ok, a weird one?

ANY talk of the Middle Ages...told you it was weird. :(/>

#312 User is offline   Luna~*~Sith 

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Posted 01 September 2007 - 01:23 PM

Don't know what triggers are exactly... actually...

But I think this one is a trigger, and a really weird one...

Shrek 2... Dinner scene... Shrek and the chicken! I felt physically sick and very tired and very tense!

I can watch r*pe scenes in movies without it bothering me too much...
I can to some extend read about it without it bothering me too much...

And then I have a problem with Shrek...?!

#313 User is offline   Hayley 

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Posted 02 September 2007 - 04:31 AM

I guess my weirdest trigger is banana's..

#314 User is offline   SurvivingTheStorm 

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Posted 02 September 2007 - 05:08 PM

View PostHayley, on Sep 2 2007, 04:31 AM, said:

I guess my weirdest trigger is banana's..

that's one of mine too...ha..

#315 User is offline   Asie 

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Posted 02 September 2007 - 06:06 PM

Sudden Noises
Loud Noices
Being approached from behind
Anytime more than one man is present
the smell of Coconut
The smell of wheat germ oil and honey shampoo
Black light posters
Someone too close to my face and speaking really loudly is a major trigger for me...they are lucky to get one warning before i strike.
Sex
intimacy
porn
relationships
love
certain Pink Floyd songs
tree lined roads in the summer
hiking boots
guys with dark hair

k, thats enough methinks,
Asie

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