Stupidest.trigger. ever. / what is your weirdest trigger?

[TillyBug]

Small, cute dolls and sometimes my little sister's voice. No idea why.

 

[Gs172003]

Well apparently having to bite down on the thing for the 3D mouth x-ray machine.

Also the dentist asking me to bite down on the doohickey she put in my mouth then running her fingers through my mouth.

How the hell am I going to get these teeth taken out??

 

[katz]

Can't think of it right now, but an odd one was a particular wall color and pattern in a bathroom. It wasn't pattern per say, just the wall being a certain color, but the color also not even throughout, that effects that makes it look 'vintage'(but it's obvious it's not). The combination of the color with that effect specifically in a bathroom. And I used to love the color combo and the effect.
Later, 'after', I happened to stumble across the same combo in a bathroom in a club. Had to leave the club to go home immediately and went home walking forward like I was sleepwalking. If it wasn't for my (now ex) boyfriend we wouldn't have gotten home, not right away at least. He led the way, I was just present enough to say that I needed to go home and to keep my feet walking, but I was completely zoned out.

Weird triggers are fine, at least you can try to sort them out later.
What freaks me out more is the few random times when I get triggered and I can't figure out what got that strong of a reaction out of me.

Yes, SeekingAfrica. I have a color too. I absolutely hate the color "yellow". It took me many years to finally figure out why. It was the color of my bedroom walls when I grew up. I have very vivid memories of pushing myself up against it to pull myself into a corner. So, of course it was the only color that I saw when in this position.

As an adult now, I have nothing in my house that is that color. No clothes. Nothing.

 

[AliciaEff]

Maybe not the “stupidest” but definitely the most annoying because nearly everyone does it- that weird half laugh that sounds like hissing. One time my dad did it as I was trying to get ice cubes from a silicone tray. I ended up squeezing the tray so hard that ice cubes popped out and onto the floor. My partner just stared at me like “wtf?”

 

[MrMoonlight]

-A woman raising her voice to me (top of the stairs about to run)
-loud repetitive noise
*-smoke (fire, candles)
-being rushed
-doorbells phone sometimes

 

[Ronin]

Still torn between cartoon cat & weather. :bored:

 

[Aim]

sitting still. as soon as I sit still I am assaulted by flash backs. I am exhausted.

I ended up having to do exposure therapy to handle grey carpet. Getting stuck on a chair halfway down a hospital hallway, bawling, unable to get down.

Thanks ptsd - that was awesome.

I can relate to that, you are amazing for getting through it and being able to write about it now, star>

 

[osiris]

Clothing with stars on.

 

[Kamorth]

Kittens. Specifically long haired tuxedo kittens but if I'm having an overly sensitive day any kitten will do it.

Makes social media quite the nightmare and it's why I get so upset when people are like "tag your triggers" when I talk about something like food. If I say "hey guys having a down day sorry if I'm quiet or morose" I get inundated with kitten and cat pictures from people who mean well but haven't actually read my bio and I have to bite down on the freak out and just go "Okay thank you for the intentions but please don't do this again" while knowing full well that next time they'll forget. So I just don't tell people when I'm down and everyone thinks I only ever have good days. So often I'll be scrolling through my feed and there will just be a HUGE post of kitten pictures with a title like "CUTENESS DUMP FOR ALL THE PEOPLE STUCK AT HOME ALONE WITHOUT A CAT TO CUDDLE RIGHT NOW" and I'm heading straight to my room to get very stoned and go to sleep so I can reset and not freak out.

 

[whiteraven]

Omg. Refrigerator trucks. I NEVER expected I'd have to deal with that again. :-(

Well apparently having to bite down on the thing for the 3D mouth x-ray machine.

Also the dentist asking me to bite down on the doohickey she put in my mouth then running her fingers through my mouth.

How the hell am I going to get these teeth taken out??

Hopefully by now you have taken care of the dental situation, but if not, wondering if you had considered sedation?

 

[gealach]

The phone ringing, and talking on the phone. I have a phone, but I don't use it for talking (unless something I absolutely can't avoid). My ringer has been off for about 5 years, and I can count on one hand the number of times I've used it to talk (eeeewwww!) on.

Clattering cutlery. Yup, bang the cutlery together in the drawer and I get chills and look for a place to hide. Undone because the fork is spooning the butter knife :rolleyes:

 

[Wonder Woman]

Watermelon Jolly Ranchers, really any watermelon flavored candy.

Florescent lights that flicker, or when banks of them are turned off or a burnt-out florescent light. Really I hate florescent lighting, but I can tolerate it if all lights are on and properly functioning.

Men with facial hair, particularly mustaches.

A particular song from a popular musical.