Do Memories and/or Associations Trigger Anyone?

[Guest guest]

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?