canal191011 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8888 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Same here canal. Especially if they look like my perp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gettingold Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Stinky old people smell Cowboy boots on men, especially when they are fat and have short beards Hair dryers Not being able to change out of wet swimming clothes fast enough Men holding toddler aged girls Older preteen aged girls sitting on men's laps Mean teachers People making young children kiss someone People kissing children directly on lips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaffaCake Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 ...TW... Circumcised penises Rugby hoodies Remembrance Day poppy badge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8888 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) chicken and knives( there was an extra chickeney-smelling platter of chicken out that night. he pulled a knife off of it and threatened me with it). Edited February 16, 2014 by 8888 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueb0311 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Crowded places Men with a moustache Wooded areas Lighters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8888 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 crowded places and men with moustaches both me too sue. my abuser had a moustache and crowded places just make me nervous so I get more upset about everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sueb0311 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 My repeat abuser and scariest abuser had a moustache. I'm with you 8888. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unhappy Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I feel like my triggers are odd a few of mine are: • Handcuffs • Large Power Lines • Strong Winds • Can’t be pinned down or my wrists touched • But my most bizarre trigger are satellite dishes I panic and completely and freak out when I get within a few yardsof one…..my fear is so intense I have ripped my husband’s shirt trying to get away. My T thinks I have taken all my feelings that I felt a child and switched them on to an object such as a satellite dishes…the bigger the satellite dish the worse it becomes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tennismom Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Unhappy: I struggle with being pinned down and having my wrists touched too! Just freaks me out. Others: * Father figures - males 65+ with domineering personalities * smell of tobacco burning in a pipe * wig pins * having the back of my head touched -- hair cuts are tough * pro-wrestlers * sexually violent movies and any type of pornography * spiked high heels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saevio Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 High School letterman jackets. If I see one I can't even breathe for a moment. The feel of breath anywhere on my skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissastar22 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I know it's a bit off topic, but I straight away thought of two triggers I fixed : 1) white socks 2) tea. Once I worked out the socks were a school uniform thing they stopped bothering me. Also, I realised that my tea used to be spiked with tranquillizers.The sugar was used to cover the taste, but it never fully worked. So if I tried to drink any tea I could still 'taste' medicine, years after I had been free of my abusers. I had a lot of re-living/remembering stuff that had happened and many tears were shed, but after that I was okay. After they stopped being triggers I had a few weeks were I walked around every day in white socks, drinking tea and being cheerful as anything because I'd won! I still can't be touched when I'm upset - I get enraged by it. Old people sometimes freak me out - especially the eyes. And having to go into Banks? !! very weird! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucy Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Hello lissastar22, It is amazing that you have been able to process your triggers and reclaimed them for yourself - you are amazing! I am really glad that you have posted about having to go into banks I thought that one was just a quirk of my personality! The other day I had to wait 30 minutes in the bank - needless to say I was wreck leaving there! I am thankful that having to go in to a bank is rare for me, I love internet banking Anyways! I think that you have done amazing! Lucy x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free2speak Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I can't stand mustaches at all. My abuser had one. When I was very young, my dad adopted a mustache of his own, and I went hysterical. Still don't like them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmccoy9194 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) Older men A certain phrase of words Edited March 11, 2014 by jmccoy9194 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woosje Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Rooms with a lot of white, especially when the sun is shining on the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodean Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Anyone walking directly behind me a child crying the smell of ivory soap anything around my wrists hats, or anything on or near my head or face rabbits the sound of metal clinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EnidNightshade Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 when i think of my triggers i sometimes think where do i start so here it goes body hair the smell of a old diesel cars the smell of certain soaps the way men smell as they get older oldspice aftershave having weight on top of me while i lie down being cold overcooked veggies stubble rubbing against my skin porn sex talk of any kind seeing young girls with older men being in crowded places drunk men the smell of certain drugs being burnt (the smell of this is quite close to some cleaning products its not that im still around them) ford cars toilet cubicles with tiles being called by my full name sleeping bags feather filled duvets pillows trailor tents certain soaps on tv thankfully ive worked out ways to avoid most of my triggers and im working on the rest with the aid of my ipod helping to drown out the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dani_N Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Triggers, I swear I discover a new one every week but I guess that's too be expected when you can't remember much of your childhood Old men Hands, especially older men's hands People touching me at all People behind me Certain church songs Being tickled - one of my biggest triggers Night time in general Darkness - especially having a light turned off when I'm not expecting it Games (innocent ones) father's or uncles play with little girls Attending my old church or going near his old house Affection Hearing his name A certain kids camp Caravans Certain Christmas cookies A certain kind of car - the 'mini' Any sound in the night Being touched on my stomach Not being able to see around corners or doors Church elders Lately certain types of windows? I know there's more but can't think of any more right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessecax Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Being in a car with older men(even my step-dad..) Being pulled onto someone's lap Family functions The street I used to live on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woosje Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I have a really, really weird one: crabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundere Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 (edited) Here's some of mine: Dark places, Approaching and/or departing footsteps Nightfall/sunrise (my) hand supporting my face (feelings of being strangled) Taking baths/showers Edited March 17, 2014 by Thundere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylack Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Some of mine are: anything around my neck dark places fire alarms, other harsh noises public restrooms pretty much any physical contact Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupa42 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 His last name bf flirting with other people being turned down for sex by bf for any reason feeling cornered during an argument with anyone anything that seems like a person might not be telling the truth anyone belittling/downplaying rape or rape victims, especially rape in a relationship talking about open relationships Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salemkitty Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Jurassic Park one and two. The bathroom fan. City inspections and landlords. Pressure. People telling me what I should do or what I have to do, criticism, unhelpful professors, therapists and counsellors, having a low income, the neighbor who keeps trying to let us know that he wants us to move so that his daughter can move in our apartment, and that he's a buddy of the landlord, the landlord moving my plants on the patio to see if that would cause us to leave I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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