I Did Notice Vauge Trigger

by **ellenofnine** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:37 am

I was sitting in a coffee shop, working at my computer, when I overheard a woman about my body age, a few feet from me talking with two people who seemed supportive.

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She seemed to recount that she had been a incest victim.
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While she cried, her friends comforted her. How could I not notice them in a public place? She may have noticed that I noticed her. As if a door slammed closed, she talked about something outside. Whatever she spoke of had left her mind.

As I hopped off of my chair to get more coffee, I approached her, keeping two paces. I told her that I was sorry that she had been hurt, and I was hurt, as well.

I did notice.

She seemed appreciative of my gentle intrusion, in a way like she intruded into what I was doing. I think that she had done a lot of work with her friends, who were supportive of her. I told her friends that I was often around the coffee shop if she wanted someone to talk to.

It was as powerful when she dealt with it, as it was when she shut it off. It was so sudden and abrupt, she might have switched.

I am very sensitive to dissociation in other people for some reason.

by **salted lipstick** » Wed Dec 03, 2014 5:16 am

Wow, she was brave to tell her friends. In a public place too... You were brave to say about yourself to her too.

I really love that you recounted this for us. It makes me feel more normal. It sounds like she might have been experiencing dissociation with her ability to switch off the tears like that.

by **Seangel** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 4:15 am

ellenofnine wrote:She seemed appreciative of my gentle intrusion, in a way like she intruded into what I was doing. I think that she had done a lot of work with her friends, who were supportive of her. I told her friends that I was often around the coffee shop if she wanted someone to talk to.

Wow, nice. : )

ellenofnine wrote:It was as powerful when she dealt with it, as it was when she shut it off. It was so sudden and abrupt, she might have switched.

I am very sensitive to dissociation in other people for some reason.

Yeah, the DID-dar

Cool meet a stranger moment.

Sea

by **ellenofnine** » Fri Dec 05, 2014 9:12 am

She had touched me, and when she figured that out, I felt I had no choice but to talk to her.

I Did Notice Vauge Trigger