Triggers

Hello

Do you guys get triggers which make you get angry, sad, etc.

Here are some of mine

Anger
Someone breathing on me.
Routine suddenly changes
Getting dirty
Noise being too loud

hyperactivity
Oranges

Sadness
End of some tv programme - End of a show.
Death

Hum...big question.

I think it really depends for me.

For high anxiety - that can be triggered by too much stimuli (sound/light, # people). Generally also by touch (I'm okay with some people who touch me, but it's very rare and kinda specific). Sometimes I just feel high anxiety and I can't really tie it to anything...that kinda comes in waves for me.

For sadness - I have a harder time tracking that down. It kinda relates heavily to the anxiety..so the more anxiety I have, the more 'sad', I am. I'm still trying to really work through this and what causes what. Rumination, of course, will cause general sadness if I'm concentrating on some topics.

For anger - high stress, I think everyone has that same thing. It's very hard for me to get fully 'angry' though. I get in modes of being quiet, and those can be triggered by anything and usually confuses people I'm around...or at least those who told me it confuses them. Changes in my routine, suddenly, tend to annoy me. Does anyone like having someone breath on them?

There are also 'good triggers' too though. Doing well in something builds obvious pride/happiness. 'alone time' mostly stabilizes me, mentally. Happy music, digging into obsessions, knowledge gathering, etc...those all make me 'happy'.

I didn't think of happy lol.

Both my sisters and mum don't mind being breathed on but it makes me so angry I feel like I need to beat it out.

ogr wrote:I didn't think of happy lol.

Both my sisters and mum don't mind being breathed on but it makes me so angry I feel like I need to beat it out.

I think being breathed on would just increase my anxiety by quite a large amount..that's essentially what it does for me. Very rare does something make me so angry that I feel like I need to 'beat it out'. There are things that bother me enough that I'm thinking "I want to get out of here, now"...that's not so uncommon for me.

I can't think of anything specific that leads to any specific emotion.

I don't like being breathed on either. Also, I love being under covers and in confined spaces, though I have to have an outlet to breathe, because I hate feeling even my own breath on me.

I guess one trigger would be having my stuff moved around, or someone not following the way I do things (my routines). My mom and I go to the movie theater every Sunday, and I have my routine set, where I sit, what time I go and get drinks and popcorn, what food I get, ect. So I hate going to the movies with anyone else (although I force myself to anyway) because they don't do it the way I do.

AspieMe wrote: Also, I love being under covers and in confined spaces, though I have to have an outlet to breathe, because I hate feeling even my own breath on me.

Interesting you bring up the confined spaces. I am pretty horribly afraid of confined spaces. For example, I hate riding on airplanes because of the confined spaces (and too close to others). The two kinda go hand in hand...if someone is hugging me really tightly, and are the same size or larger than me (which pretty much rules out anyone who'd hug me), I freak out. Crowded rooms also do it for me..if I'm near a window, or an exit, even in a crowded room I feel more under control.

TDT wrote:

AspieMe wrote: Also, I love being under covers and in confined spaces, though I have to have an outlet to breathe, because I hate feeling even my own breath on me.

Interesting you bring up the confined spaces. I am pretty horribly afraid of confined spaces. For example, I hate riding on airplanes because of the confined spaces (and too close to others). The two kinda go hand in hand...if someone is hugging me really tightly, and are the same size or larger than me (which pretty much rules out anyone who'd hug me), I freak out. Crowded rooms also do it for me..if I'm near a window, or an exit, even in a crowded room I feel more under control.

It has to be a place that I can easily get out of, otherwise I will get claustrophobic. When I was a little younger, my bed was just a few feet away from the wall, and I would sit against the wall, with my feet under the bed, a pillow on my right and left and one over my head, making a mini fort type space. I loved it and it was very calming for me. Plus, no one could ever find me when I was there, so I got my solitude! I also used to turn chairs upside dine and squish under them with a blanket thrown over so no one could see me and nap, that was another favorite. Or bookshelves, cabinets... anything! My bed is now right up against the wall, but the mattress sits about 9 inches or so from the wall, and I squeeze myself in there too.

That reminds me of when I was a kid and would link furniture together with a blanket to make a giant tent complex in the living room