Hunger as a trigger - other day to day triggers?

[7Cs]

I just realized recently that hunger is a trigger for me.

I just thought I'd mention it since I've had ptsd for many years and never even considered it could be one.


So, I figured if it was for me maybe it could be for others.

And then I thought maybe others have noticed certain mundane triggers that are just day to day things that you might not even realize for years then you figure it out and have a "duh" or "ah-ha" moment. Like... of course this is a trigger for me!


PS
I do mean trigger not stressor.

For most people hunger is probably just a stressor.
Hunger is a true trigger for me because my parents were homeless by choice when I was a baby and I was homeless by myself for several years as a teen. So when I get hungry it triggers a more extreme response than how most people might get a little crabby.

 

[Eagle3]

I get triggered similarly. I spent several years unable to eat without extreme nausea and near-vomiting due to untreated anxiety, and my parents didn't believe in getting help from doctors at the time, so between low thyroid in my early teens and this eating issue, food is a problem. To this day I have this fear of each meal being my last, so I tend to eat tasty things wondering if I'll be able to eat them comfortably tomorrow. Hunger is definitely a trigger for panic, since I spent YEARS needing Phenergan suppositories just to be able to eat a meal. I can eat properly for about 3 days before I HAVE to have a sweet or crap-food, just because of the hungry, empty feeling in my stomach that totally freaks me out.

 

[Friday]

I've got a lot of trauma schtuff around food & the physical condition of my body. Triggers, stressors, stresses, habits, patterns, expectations, values, reenactment, control, <waves hand around vaguely> other stuff. Some things that are difficult to describe, like not being hungry until I'm starving. Or if I'm not fit, people will be hurt, will die, and that's my fault / so I'm virtually incapable of training like my life doesn't depend on it, but the flip side of that is I don't rate / don't deserve the effort and consideration...etc. Sigh. Lots and lots of moving parts. At different levels. From different sources. Many contradictory. It all makes for a lovely little bit of WTF :wtf: In my head & heart.

 

[7Cs]

not being hungry until I'm starving

Yes, I frequently don't know the last time I ate.

 

[Deleted member 38242]

Always a trigger for me. I am careful now as low blood sugar triggers me, and causes depression.

 

[Muttly]

Hunger isn't a PTSD trigger for me, but it can trigger old anorexia thought patterns. It's such a dangerous spiral for me.

As far as mundane triggers, I have one that's sort of the opposite of hunger. Sitting down to the table to eat dinner with others is a trigger, unless it's an extremely casual meal or at a restaurant. Dinner growing up, we were supposed to have perfect manners. Infractions were often dealt with through hitting, etc. What was worst was when the father would just sit and watch, with hand or fork (it was also used as a correctional weapon) raised, waiting for you to make a mistake. Fun times.

 

[Muted]

We had to listen to my mom read out of an etiquette book every night before dinner:eek::bookworm: