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Sincerely

Updated 11mo ago

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newmanwife3

2y

I only have a couple and it's someone hurting my loved ones or my puppy talk bout me all ya want lol
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Sincerely

2y

I have a few too, but I think the greatest are lies and loud noises.
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klazikel

2y

Money, cleaning, hot weather, shouting and violence, time management. I might have more, but those are definitely my top 5. They trigger me in different ways and the more triggers at once, the bigger the swing. I watch out for my triggers, especially the ones I can't avoid, so I stay aware of why I may be having a manic, depressive or mixed response. It seems to help manage the intensity and helps me keep my loved ones informed about my mood.
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Sincerely

2y

money is definitely a trigger lol. Or at least the lack there of. Poverty can bring out the most savage beast. Lol
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SalineTurnip

2y

Being abused, talk about family or marriage, seeing children.
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Sincerely

2y

I can relate to that more than you would know.
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E_belli

2y

I do have many of them, mostly really small and subtle thing. Secrets. Yelling. When someone tells me that God loves me/I am a child of God and/or that they’re praying for me. Touching specific parts of my body. Snapping of a belt. Anything to do with peanut butter smell or taste. The sound of closing a door and the click when locking an inside door behind me. And the feeling of being trapped whether it be in a room, a small space, anywhere I don’t have full body motion. The list goes on, but those are my biggest ones/they create the most reaction and trigger not only thoughts but also physical sensations.
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Sincerely

2y

when I was growing up, I used to get beat pretty good at home. There was a certain stick my mom kept behind the pantry. Every time that door opened it made a clicking sound. It was the only way sometimes to know that I was getting ready to be beaten. It couldn't been 1000 elephants in the house and I would recognize the sound of that door immediately. I used to freeze up, shaking, feeling like I had to pee myself. Seconds later, the flogging would commence. I've forgiven her for the way she used to beat me, but it took years, long after I was grown and gone for me to stop hearing the click of that pantry door and stop freezing to it. Imagine being a 20+ yr old woman, dressed to impress, on a date or out with friends, everyone having a good time and out of nowhere you freeze, shaking for a few seconds and always having to go to the bathroom next. I never explained to anyone what was happening. There were even times I jumped out my sleep as an adult, thinking I heard the door open. That's how it used to happen sometimes. It took me getting into a more abusive domestic relationship for me to stop hearing the click of that door but it was jumping out the pot into the fire. Now I have a whole new set of completely different triggers that are worse.
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E_belli

2y

Another one I somehow forgot is fireworks and certain dates/anniversaries of course.
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Winchestergirl28

2y

Mine is when I get touched the wrong way yelled at or grabbed
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Sincerely

2y

yeah I don't like being touched unless I okay the contact. Lucky for me, I don't have enough people in my life to have to worry about that. But being a product of rape and molestation, I don't like for people to put their filthy hands on me. They don't care about me, so why touch me?
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Mazzyllene

2y

Being touched by a man, someone walk up behind me, loud noises, storms, and so much more.
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newmanwife3

2y

hello
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2y

o wow, I can't imagine how I would feel if storms were my trigger, I get my best sleep during storms. I usually don't even know something happened til I wake up and the outside is destroyed. People can never believe it but I sleep through tornadoes, hurricanes, electric thunderstorms, and it's the best sleep I can possibly get. I feel like everything is ok in a storm.... It's so funny how different things can mean different things to different people.
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newmanwife3

2y

Sincerely....that's true with me as well lies will get you left and loud noises expecially the high pitched ones will leave ya deaf....
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2y

and I live near an airport, a train station, and a major highway. I'm always hearing something screaming!! I'll honestly say, with so much noise I've had to learn to ignore some of it so I guess it has helped in a sense, but the sound of a loud muffler still sends me through the roof.
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newmanwife3

2y

Also sincerely... imigine being almost 40 and the sound when ya silver wear sqeeks a plate would send chills down my spine and I immediately duck like someone gunna hit me...it definitely was a experience...but we respect alot harder huh
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newmanwife3

2y

I'm carefully who touches me cuz it's a transfer of both good and bad energy but some energy vamps will drain u
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2y

my neighbor and I were just discussing this yesterday. His exes mother is living with him and it's very draining his energy.

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