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I have a few odd ones
-hands near my head
- fleece blankets
- sweatpants
- basement of where i used to live
- people looking over my shoulder when i'm on the computer
- certain body sprays
- people toucing my stomach
- grabbing my wrists
- the back parking lot of the library
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Anybody else have weird triggers? Want to list them? (yes, *trigger warn*)
#362
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Posted 31 December 2007 - 02:34 PM
- people touching me (anywhere, no difference)
- socks when I find them into xmas gifts (I know, it's too stupid, but it reminds me of the start of the thing)
- Indian people
- some teen books
- anything related to engagement and marriage (rings, white dresses, even the words 'marriage' and 'wedding') - MAJOR TRIGGER
- socks when I find them into xmas gifts (I know, it's too stupid, but it reminds me of the start of the thing)
- Indian people
- some teen books
- anything related to engagement and marriage (rings, white dresses, even the words 'marriage' and 'wedding') - MAJOR TRIGGER
This post has been edited by Airmid: 02 January 2008 - 07:54 AM
#363
Posted 31 December 2007 - 08:14 PM
If you watched Six Feet Under, the scene where Nate is burying his wife (the Lili Taylor character) in the desert
Being interrupted, esp. by men, esp. esp. older men
Refrigerators left out in the street, in the trash (when I was little, there were public safety commercials about how that was dangerous to do because kids could get trapped in them and die)
Horror movies, esp. one that I'm too scared to write out
Getting presents I don't want and having to fake that I like them
Being interrupted, esp. by men, esp. esp. older men
Refrigerators left out in the street, in the trash (when I was little, there were public safety commercials about how that was dangerous to do because kids could get trapped in them and die)
Horror movies, esp. one that I'm too scared to write out
Getting presents I don't want and having to fake that I like them
#364
Posted 02 January 2008 - 11:14 PM
so, i'm happy to hear i'm not the only one with these strange things.
the weirdest i guess for me are practice drum pads and marching band uniforms.
the weirdest i guess for me are practice drum pads and marching band uniforms.
#365
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 12:33 AM
Someone touching my waist. Triggers me more than anything else.
#366
Posted 04 January 2008 - 12:39 AM
*brown dress shoes
*that certain smell
*absolute anything (the vodka)
*The song "Friend of mine" by Eve 6 ("rape is a word with a face" specifically)
*certain Sydney, Aus accents
*that certain smell
*absolute anything (the vodka)
*The song "Friend of mine" by Eve 6 ("rape is a word with a face" specifically)
*certain Sydney, Aus accents
#367
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 05:23 PM
I discovered a new one a while back.. the perfume Fantasy (by Britney Spears)
I wore it every single day in 10th grade (aka, while experiencing the most of the traumatic stress), and then I ran out of it.. one day last year, I walked by a girl in the hallway and she had it on, and that triggered me almost instantly. It wasn't until then when I realized that it's a trigger.
Also, my mom's magnolia lotion, although I think she ran out of it.. the smell of that was a pretty bad trigger too.
There is the sound of a certain type of bird too.. it lives somewhere around here, and I have no idea what kind of bird it is, but it chirped every morning while I stood outside waiting for the bus, and I heard it once last year and that triggered me too.
I wore it every single day in 10th grade (aka, while experiencing the most of the traumatic stress), and then I ran out of it.. one day last year, I walked by a girl in the hallway and she had it on, and that triggered me almost instantly. It wasn't until then when I realized that it's a trigger.
Also, my mom's magnolia lotion, although I think she ran out of it.. the smell of that was a pretty bad trigger too.
There is the sound of a certain type of bird too.. it lives somewhere around here, and I have no idea what kind of bird it is, but it chirped every morning while I stood outside waiting for the bus, and I heard it once last year and that triggered me too.
#368
Posted 04 January 2008 - 07:59 PM
Old men.
Priests.
Men in black suits.
Old Spice.
Religious medals.
Whiskey.
Going to communion at church.
Being alone in the room with a man sitting closer to the door than I am, unless it's my hubby, son or friend.
Certain musical chords my dad used to play on the piano.
Men jiggling their keys in ther pockets.
Anybody telling me what to do, especially a man.
Being touched in a certain area of my privates.
Having people walk behind me.
Priests.
Men in black suits.
Old Spice.
Religious medals.
Whiskey.
Going to communion at church.
Being alone in the room with a man sitting closer to the door than I am, unless it's my hubby, son or friend.
Certain musical chords my dad used to play on the piano.
Men jiggling their keys in ther pockets.
Anybody telling me what to do, especially a man.
Being touched in a certain area of my privates.
Having people walk behind me.
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Posted 04 January 2008 - 09:03 PM
* men who lived in egypt, has an egyptian accent, or otherwise considers themselves egyptian (sorry)
* those disgusting flavored cigarettes that you buy at the gas station
* water chestnuts (don't understand that one)
* being tickled
* my dad's voice
* being in the middle seat in the back of a car
* any song by the band Creed, especially the 'six feet from the edge' one... i used to leave the campus center at a near run if it came on the speakers
* being made to wait while someone else talks on a cell phone when i'm in the car
* late afternoon/early evening - the time of day when it's just getting dusky and everyone is coming home from work and starting dinner
* being alone at night
* listening to music after dark
* priests in cassocks
* being touched by people i don't know - even brushed in passing
* those disgusting flavored cigarettes that you buy at the gas station
* water chestnuts (don't understand that one)
* being tickled
* my dad's voice
* being in the middle seat in the back of a car
* any song by the band Creed, especially the 'six feet from the edge' one... i used to leave the campus center at a near run if it came on the speakers
* being made to wait while someone else talks on a cell phone when i'm in the car
* late afternoon/early evening - the time of day when it's just getting dusky and everyone is coming home from work and starting dinner
* being alone at night
* listening to music after dark
* priests in cassocks
* being touched by people i don't know - even brushed in passing
#370
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Posted 08 January 2008 - 05:35 PM
Stesha, on Dec 31 2007, 01:01 PM, said:
Listening to Me And A Gun on CD
What makes that wierd is the fact that I can sing that song myself as much as I want and never be triggered by it. But listening to it on CD gets me every single time.
I find that a little freaky, personally.
Stesha
What makes that wierd is the fact that I can sing that song myself as much as I want and never be triggered by it. But listening to it on CD gets me every single time.
I find that a little freaky, personally.
Stesha
I have the exact same problem.
#371
Posted 10 January 2008 - 10:20 AM
Vinyl-covered car seats,
that guys-in-the-locker-room smell,
cologne,
being in an office with the door closed,
fisher-price toy figures...
Thought I was over the locker-room one, but I went to the gym at a different time yesterday - different crowd, and the smell was hard to deal with. *sigh* Again.
Open conversations about people's first sexual experiences are always pretty tricky. But they don't make me nauseous anymore. Much. (Now, when it gets to be my turn, I say, "The first time I _chose_ to have sex...")
The constant fear-mongering, the incessant images of women as victims, that we get in the news, in commercials, in music... makes me wanna scream. The formula for anything out of Hollywood is: woman-in-jeopardy.
(Big media is one of the most irresponsible industries around...)
Never put this together, but I've always had a hard time standing in line at the grocery store, and now I realize it's the darned magazine racks!
Interesting thread, but whew! Intense, eh?
that guys-in-the-locker-room smell,
cologne,
being in an office with the door closed,
fisher-price toy figures...
Thought I was over the locker-room one, but I went to the gym at a different time yesterday - different crowd, and the smell was hard to deal with. *sigh* Again.
Open conversations about people's first sexual experiences are always pretty tricky. But they don't make me nauseous anymore. Much. (Now, when it gets to be my turn, I say, "The first time I _chose_ to have sex...")
The constant fear-mongering, the incessant images of women as victims, that we get in the news, in commercials, in music... makes me wanna scream. The formula for anything out of Hollywood is: woman-in-jeopardy.
(Big media is one of the most irresponsible industries around...)
Never put this together, but I've always had a hard time standing in line at the grocery store, and now I realize it's the darned magazine racks!
Interesting thread, but whew! Intense, eh?
#372
Posted 10 January 2008 - 01:17 PM
Quote
The constant fear-mongering, the incessant images of women as victims, that we get in the news, in commercials, in music... makes me wanna scream. The formula for anything out of Hollywood is: woman-in-jeopardy.
(Big media is one of the most irresponsible industries around...)
(Big media is one of the most irresponsible industries around...)
I can totally relate to that.
#374
Posted 16 January 2008 - 03:09 PM
the smell of alcohol
having anything scented (soap, lotion, etc.) on my hands
having my face touched
people touching me who I can't see, esp. behind me
people holding my hands/arms
the smell of chlorine
seeing my little sister
locks - the kind on school lockers
being told I'm small (I get this one a lot)
having anything scented (soap, lotion, etc.) on my hands
having my face touched
people touching me who I can't see, esp. behind me
people holding my hands/arms
the smell of chlorine
seeing my little sister
locks - the kind on school lockers
being told I'm small (I get this one a lot)
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Posted 18 January 2008 - 09:18 PM
My Triggers
Tall Men
Men who are powerfully built
Male authority figures
Men who are very self confident to the point of being cocky and arrogant
Men who drink a lot
Men with beer bellies
Men ages 30-45
Men with mustaches or facial hair
My female peers who say they want to be my friend
Motor vehicles (especially vans)
Tickling-being tickled or seeing someone else especially a child being tickled
Boy Bands (N'Sync,98 Degrees,Backstreet Boys)
Small spaces
Blue sweatclothes
References to The Virgin Mary
Being called a Prude
Alien halloween masks
Black capes
People coming up behind me
Having my shoulders,arms or wrists touched or held
Shoulder massages
Having anything over my mouth and nose
Being told I'm pretty or that I'm smart (by males)
Being told how small I am (I'm 4"11)
Being told that I look no older than 13 or 14 years old
Being told how innocent I am
Small spaces any room or space with a lock
Being Guilt Tripped!
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Tall Men
Men who are powerfully built
Male authority figures
Men who are very self confident to the point of being cocky and arrogant
Men who drink a lot
Men with beer bellies
Men ages 30-45
Men with mustaches or facial hair
My female peers who say they want to be my friend
Motor vehicles (especially vans)
Tickling-being tickled or seeing someone else especially a child being tickled
Boy Bands (N'Sync,98 Degrees,Backstreet Boys)
Small spaces
Blue sweatclothes
References to The Virgin Mary
Being called a Prude
Alien halloween masks
Black capes
People coming up behind me
Having my shoulders,arms or wrists touched or held
Shoulder massages
Having anything over my mouth and nose
Being told I'm pretty or that I'm smart (by males)
Being told how small I am (I'm 4"11)
Being told that I look no older than 13 or 14 years old
Being told how innocent I am
Small spaces any room or space with a lock
Being Guilt Tripped!
:(/>
This post has been edited by SurvivorThriver: 07 June 2009 - 11:15 PM
