Re: Do Memories and/or Associations Trigger Anyone?

[Guest guest]

Definitely!

 

Loud chewing is far & away my worst trigger. It's so bad that I once had to leave a restaurant shaking with clenched fists in an angry rage because a guy on the other side of the room was smacking so loudly I couldn't escape it. Just thinking about it, or even now recalling it 3 years later to write this post, makes my blood rise and were I to dwell on it it would become torturous.

Also, the sound of silverwear hitting a plate doesn't bother me, but my dad is such a loud eater (when I visit I often leave the room until he's finished eating) that if I can only hear his utensils hit the plate, I associate it with the smacking & the same frustrated rage overcomes me even if I'm far enough away not to hear the smacking.

Does anyone else have this experience?

[Guest guest]

Very Much so!Sent from my iPad

Loud chewing is far & away my worst trigger. It's so bad that I once had to leave a restaurant shaking with clenched fists in an angry rage because a guy on the other side of the room was smacking so loudly I couldn't escape it. Just thinking about it, or even now recalling it 3 years later to write this post, makes my blood rise and were I to dwell on it it would become torturous.

Also, the sound of silverwear hitting a plate doesn't bother me, but my dad is such a loud eater (when I visit I often leave the room until he's finished eating) that if I can only hear his utensils hit the plate, I associate it with the smacking & the same frustrated rage overcomes me even if I'm far enough away not to hear the smacking.

Does anyone else have this experience?

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[Guest guest]

Yes To: "Soundsensitivity " <Soundsensitivity > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:20 AM Subject: Re: Do Memories and/or Associations Trigger Anyone?

Very Much so!Sent from my iPad

Loud chewing is far & away my worst trigger. It's so bad that I once had to leave a restaurant shaking with clenched fists in an angry rage because a guy on the other side of the room was smacking so loudly I couldn't escape it. Just thinking about it, or even now recalling it 3 years later to write this post, makes my blood rise and were I to dwell on it it would become torturous.

Also, the sound of silverwear hitting a plate doesn't bother me, but my dad is such a loud eater (when I visit I often leave the room until he's finished eating) that if I can only hear his utensils hit the plate, I associate it with the smacking & the same frustrated rage overcomes me even if I'm far enough away not to hear the smacking.

Does anyone else have this experience?

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[Guest guest]

Absolutely! And in my experience, some dishware causes more problems than others. We have regular plates but also some stoneware ones that I kind of hide from the rest of the family since they cause a weird scraping noise that really bothers me. 

 

Loud chewing is far & away my worst trigger. It's so bad that I once had to leave a restaurant shaking with clenched fists in an angry rage because a guy on the other side of the room was smacking so loudly I couldn't escape it. Just thinking about it, or even now recalling it 3 years later to write this post, makes my blood rise and were I to dwell on it it would become torturous.

Also, the sound of silverwear hitting a plate doesn't bother me, but my dad is such a loud eater (when I visit I often leave the room until he's finished eating) that if I can only hear his utensils hit the plate, I associate it with the smacking & the same frustrated rage overcomes me even if I'm far enough away not to hear the smacking.

Does anyone else have this experience?

-- K.

[Guest guest]

I most certainly do. I have trouble even thinking about going to a movie theater

because of a bad experience with a popcorn eater behind me years ago. And if I

even see someone take out a piece of gum, I have to work at self control.

Sent from my iPhone

[Guest guest]

My triggers started when I was ten years old and have continued for fifty years

but I would not call them memories I just call them my triggers.

Pam

[Guest guest]

Hi Pam, you are lucky that you can disconnect from your memories enough that they do not re-trigger for you. If I allow myself to think about a memory enough to write or tell someone about it, the trigger snaps and I relive the experience. To: "Soundsensitivity " <Soundsensitivity > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 7:54 AM Subject: Re: Do Memories and/or Associations Trigger Anyone?

My triggers started when I was ten years old and have continued for fifty years but I would not call them memories I just call them my triggers.

Pam

[Guest guest]

Definitely. Anyone eating annoys me even if they aren't particularly loud, just

the sound of crunching and chewing and swallowing. I remember going camping with

my friend and she was eating so loudly in the tent I recorded her and played it

to her over and over again in her ear until she stopped. Looking back that was

probably a bit extreme :-)

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> Loud chewing is far & away my worst trigger. It's so bad that I once had to

leave a restaurant shaking with clenched fists in an angry rage because a guy on

the other side of the room was smacking so loudly I couldn't escape it. Just

thinking about it, or even now recalling it 3 years later to write this post,

makes my blood rise and were I to dwell on it it would become torturous.

>

> Also, the sound of silverwear hitting a plate doesn't bother me, but my dad is

such a loud eater (when I visit I often leave the room until he's finished

eating) that if I can only hear his utensils hit the plate, I associate it with

the smacking & the same frustrated rage overcomes me even if I'm far enough away

not to hear the smacking.

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> Does anyone else have this experience?

>

[Guest guest]

I absolutely have the same experiences. And it feels exactly the same way with me. I'm sorry you have to go through this, but I still appreciate the assurance that I'm not the only one. To: Soundsensitivity Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 1:55 AM Subject: Do Memories and/or Associations Trigger

Anyone?

Loud chewing is far & away my worst trigger. It's so bad that I once had to leave a restaurant shaking with clenched fists in an angry rage because a guy on the other side of the room was smacking so loudly I couldn't escape it. Just thinking about it, or even now recalling it 3 years later to write this post, makes my blood rise and were I to dwell on it it would become torturous.

Also, the sound of silverwear hitting a plate doesn't bother me, but my dad is such a loud eater (when I visit I often leave the room until he's finished eating) that if I can only hear his utensils hit the plate, I associate it with the smacking & the same frustrated rage overcomes me even if I'm far enough away not to hear the smacking.

Does anyone else have this experience?