What Are Your Triggers?

[katz]

@katz Just wanted to say I experience this as well. Sunday nights usually spike a lot...

Sure makes work on Monday tiring!

I wonder if he only came to my room at night during the week?? So, maybe the bad Sunday nights are due to the fact that to me "another week is starting". What do you think?

 

[Naoru]

Sure makes work on Monday tiring!

I wonder if he only came to my room at night during the week?? So, mayb...

I've had similar thoughts so we're on the same page. I definitely think it's a reasonable conclusion... kind of like anxiety etc hitting someone at a certain time of day and come to find out, that's when the abuse happened. Similar scenario.

 

[PTSDfree]

I don't really have full-blown "triggers" per se, but if I'm anxious or depressed, I'll go into a horrible depressive/anxious/dissociated/angry spiral for the rest of the day (sometimes weeks) after coming across one of this things.

Certain scents, noises, places, foods, and cars
Drunk people
Booze
Being told that I look, act, and/or resemble my mom or her family
People commenting on or providing unsolicited advice regarding my "weird" eating habits or weight (I'm nowhere close to overweight to start with)
Certain weapons
Messy houses and/or excessive amounts of useless crap
Hoarders
Yelling
Mean and/or threatening behavior in general
People being abusive to their kids or pets in public (I saw a lady that was calling her daughter a piece of shit and telling her to shut up and I got super mad)
Being touched in certain ways

I used to be really scared of eggs, seafood, cheese, and a bunch of other foods too. I've gotten over that now, but I still get a little nervous about them from time to time.

I can't read all the triggers for tripping over my triggers :confused:

But
Strawberry shampoo (tha...

Orange dial soap is freakin' gross. And antibacterial soap is bad for ya anyway. :spitdummy:

 

[katz]

I've had similar thoughts so we're on the same page. I definitely think it's a reasonable conclusion... k...

I have a very strong memory of the alarm going off in my folks room across the hall. I knew that when that alarm went off, my eyes would pop open and I knew that -it was time to find a reason to get up! It's kind of odd that when I remember it, I see it from both the first person and also from up by the ceiling looking down. (which is how I remember most of my memories.) Maybe that has something to do with it...