What are your triggers?

speaking with, or interacting with, anyone with power

police officers, ambulence drivers, head masters of schools, anyone who has authority

Too little sleep
Too much noise, especially repetitive sounds like screaming children and the thudding of bass from car stereos
Being around toxic people
Money problems!!
Arguments among the people I live with (my son and his husband)
Traveling across several time zones
Drinking alcohol

My biggest trigger is religion. Usually my faith is fine, but if I become unwell, it sends me into a delusional nightmare. Some movies and especially music can also be triggers. Also the amount of sleep I’m getting.

No sleep

People inferring my intentions (they think they are bad) when I'm actually trying to do something nice.

Discounting my fear of dogs. I know a lot of you LOVE your dogs and I'm happy for you. I, however, was severely attacked by one when I was young. I'm okay with small dogs or ones I get to know through sensitive people. But, here's an example. I run. A woman in the neighborhood was standing in her doorway (I guess letting the dog out to pee). The dog started running at me as fast as I he could (at least that's how I perceived it) barking up a storm. I froze. She was on her phone and just hollered at me, "he won't hurt you. He's just playing." I responded that I'm deathly afraid of dogs. She said, "oh, you don't need to be of this one," As he continued coming at me at full speed. I stood there shaking and crying when she finally called the dog back and made a snide remark to me. I couldn't move for, I kid you not, 5 minutes. I went home, threw up, and went into a deep full week depression.

Feeling like I'm a failure

Feelign used

Feeling misunderstood or not allowed to express my feelings.

Angry reactions when I just want to say how I feel.

I'm a BIG history buff. I get that I don't know everything and enjoy learning from other people. But, when people act like I don't know what I'm talking about and do it in a condescending manner. For instance, someone that knows her history made a remark on FB about something that reminded me about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson being friends until politics got in the way. A school principal (no doubt). Said, "ACTUALLY, they were best friends until the day they died." That irked me. One, the way she used actually and two she's a principa. I responded, "ACTUALLY the friendships fell apart when Jefferson succeeded Washignton as presdient over Adams. They didn't speak to each other again until Dr. Rush, a mutual acquataince, inverveneted after they both left poltics. They friendship was renewed until they both died on July 4, 1856." She must have looked it up because she came back and admitted her error. But, it was a few days before doing so and it sent me into a rage. I know that sounds ridiculous but it's the truth.

I am not sure which comes first, the bipolar hunger for adventure or the increase in adventure itself.

Twice I found myself manic enough to be hospitalized after becoming single which seemed to kick-off periods of great and exciting activity. Was it the mania that caused this trend? Or was it mania that led to a constant thirst for more? I am not so sure about that. I really don't know.

Once I was I was hospitalised for a lengthy time on account of a very deep depression triggered by the very inability to undertake adventure.

Interesting. I'm incredibly adventurous myself and have never attributed it to BP. I guess I should pay attention to that more closely.

I can't think of any. I've been through all kinds of intense and prolonged stress over the last couple of years and yet have had no episodes. And yet in the case of the last couple of episodes, I can't remember anything triggering them. There probably were triggers, though, I'm probably either lacking in insight or memory. I'm just not sure.

Oh, yes, I forgot no sleep now that people have mentioned it. That is a huge trigger for me.

General stress. Also any kind of medical issue with my animals (I have many and I do wildlife rehab). And this may go without saying, but conflict with people online or off- especially know-it-all's.