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Mar 17, 2025, 12:17 PM
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Desert Kitty hates titles
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Member Since: Jul 2008
Location: TARDIS
Posts: 12,532
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Originally Posted by 3rd rock
I do that a lot, too. I'll be carrying on as normal, and then I'll hear or see something, often something that recalls a painful event or feeling, and then I'll just spiral. It always takes at least a few hours to climb back out of it; often I have to go to bed and then wake up in the morning no longer feeling sad. It's awful to feel like you're not in control of your emotions. It's like you're not even a grown adult, in that you feel like you can't cope with just the basic day-to-day banalities of life. I don't have any advice on how to handle it except to say I can empathize with that.
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Oh yes, Rock I can also empathize. It's more like what DOESN'T trigger me. Recently I got asked by a volunteer (from a non-profit serving seniors) making friendly phone calls to isolated seniors where did I grow up. I thought "She doesn't know it was a seedy crime ridden neighborhood."
Noises can trigger me, like construction or the sight/sounds of people moving in or out. Gosh even commercials or images on the news. Why are they always images of people smiling with their arms around each other? I haven't had that in my life in so long, I've lost count.
Leafblowers are unbearable to me. They aren't just loud, it's the repetitive grinding sound that makes me run for the hills. And there's a guy in my building with a big truck that has an engine like that. When he starts it, it startles me and one time it made me drop the remote. Good thing it wasn't glass. And he parks right under my bedroom. Nice guy, but I HATE that truck. 
Last edited by nonightowl; Mar 17, 2025 at 01:09 PM.
Reason: Forgot something
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