What are your triggers? (Obvious trigger warning)

I'm wondering if our triggers are similar despite being different people with different lives. So, in a basic, general sense, what are your triggers?

When people outright invalidate my feelings/thoughts without even hearing my opinion out. That really irks the sh*t out of me.

I can keep my temper most of the time, but when someone tells me how I "should" feel, I feel like b*tch slapping them.


Just saying.



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Anything that reminds me of my most recent ex (which, sadly, includes anything related to deer, religion, bacon, gender nonconformity, numbers, Buicks, romance, sex, Home Depot, tea, walks, trees, board games, peanut butter, silly puns, roses....)(and there are a lot of trees, numbers and religions in this world).

Rejection.

Criticism.

And a certain anniversary of a certain assassination today put me into a very very very dark mood.

Also slapstick comedy movies can be a trigger (seriously).

-- Thu May 31, 2012 4:10 pm --

Oh yeah, and Dove effing chocolate wrappers.

Overeating by mistake after abstaining for a few days
Unintentionally hurting someone by being too close to them and then rejecting them
Not seeing my therapist for a while
Sleeping around
Drinking too much
Being on my own for more than 1 day with no contact
Overthinking the intentions of peoples actions

Not seeing or hearing from my therapist
Anything to do with my rape
Anything that makes me think people are reading my mind
Having people tell me what to do all the time (espec family)
Being invalidated
Being alone too much

abandonment, friendship or relationship
emotional blackmail
twisting my words around and throwing them in my face
passive aggressive behavior
rages (with me as the receiver)
certain text tones
confrontation

-BEING IGNORED! I have to add that this doesn't include online or even with friends anymore...just by my partner.
-Criticism
-Any sign that my partner is annoyed or very upset with me and therefore might not love me any more (eye rolling, tutting, sighing, walking away, locking himself in rooms, not speaking, not coming home from work, judging, telling me I should be guilty about the past, telling me I'm one big predictable pattern (I shudder at the word "pattern" now). Things have got really bad between us to the point where he's told me I'm a hideous monster who needs to f off and has ruined his life and he no longer loves me etc, which are obviously the biggest triggers for me.)
-Violence or threats of violence.
-Spending days alone.
-Somtimes situations at work involving perceived humiliation or judgement, which triggers paranoia more than anything.

- People's expectations - especially if they expect me to be well when I'm not, and I have to pretend to keep the peace.
- Defying my addictions
- Being around too many people
- Thinking that I will still have to live for years and years... Keep sane(ish) by just keeping it close, near future, dont think too far ahead...
- Not being left alone when I make it clear I wish to be!!
- Just plain to many voices in my head that speaks too loudly and I cant figure out which is which

-Anger. Especially if it's either directed towards me or people are arguing in front of me.
-Rejection.
-People leaving me, even if we're not close.
-Drinking alone or being left alone after drinking.
-Feeling like people don't believe what I tell them.
-Being told that "Everyone feels the way you do. It's perfectly normal." Not to this extent it's not.
-Being ignored.
-Sex. (it's fun and all at the time, but afterwards I end up triggered like crazy)
-Criticism. Even if it's meant to be helpful.
-Having people ask me for help with emotional stuff. Puts way too much pressure on me, and reminds of how inadequately I deal with my own emotions.
-Jealousy. Feeling like others have things they don't deserve, or get away with more than I do.
-Being wrong about something.
-People who whine constantly about their lives expecting people to listen and be sympathetic, and then don't give a damn about anyone else's problems (faking interest is easy, but some people don't even bother)
-"Perfect" families, either in real life or on tv.
-Animal cruelty, especially related to cats.
-Thinking about the future.


###$ it. Just about everything triggers me in some way I think.

Keys wrote:-BEING IGNORED! I have to add that this doesn't include online or even with friends anymore...just by my partner.
-Criticism
-Any sign that my partner is annoyed or very upset with me and therefore might not love me any more (eye rolling, tutting, sighing, walking away, locking himself in rooms, not speaking, not coming home from work, judging, telling me I should be guilty about the past, telling me I'm one big predictable pattern (I shudder at the word "pattern" now). Things have got really bad between us to the point where he's told me I'm a hideous monster who needs to f off and has ruined his life and he no longer loves me etc, which are obviously the biggest triggers for me.)
-Violence or threats of violence.
-Spending days alone.
-Somtimes situations at work involving perceived humiliation or judgement, which triggers paranoia more than anything.

i'd like to add these to my list as well, kthxbai