I don't really know if this needs a trigger icon or not.... thought I'd put one just to be cautious.........

This just occurred to me......
after all these years of feeling like I've just heard an air raid warning for a tornado or bomb or something.... that feeling to run and hide.... when someone-- just about EVERYONE-- refers to an "it", like a country, a car, a ship-- as a "she"........

the anxiety roars to 180 in 60 seconds... feel shaky.... mind then gets fuzzy and rational thinking gets difficult. ugh.

.....this just occurred to me..... it's a trigger.....
to hear people refer to an object as a "she". I hate it... hate it!!
a boat is an "it", a country is an "it", a car is an "it". Takes just as much speech/energy to say -- "it's" been running good, than she's been running good-- or-- "it's" been under attack for generations as "she's" been under attack for generations......

if it was half and half in English, like it is in some other languages-- masculine and feminine objects, then I don't think it would bother me. But in America--- EVERY object is a "she" and that is out of balance--dysfunctional.

Don't people know that when one is solely referred to as an object, it's NOT safe??? why don't people know that??!?!??!??
feel like I'm going to implode......

fins