Herein lies a list of a number of my anxiety attack triggers. This is not a conclusive list of my triggers, nor should it be taken as representative of any other person’s anxiety triggers, but I consider it quite interesting nonetheless. Several of these are subcategories, rather than categories unto themselves, but WordPress doesn’t allow that level of bullet complexity. It should be taken as given that this post may trigger an anxiety reaction in readers.
Without further ado, the list:
- Large crowds
- The Beatles song “Run For Your Life,” from their album Rubber Soul (serious trigger warning on the lyrics). I can’t even listen to the album, which has some of my favorite songs on it, because of this damn song.
- Transportation: driving, being driven, anticipation of either. Often begin to visualize gory wrecks.
- Small crowds
- Small spaces
- Interaction with my mother
- Interaction with my lover’s mother or father
- Interaction with strangers
- Interaction with doctors/health professionals
- Discussing anxiety/anxiety attacks
- Snakes, living or dead or in pictorial representations
- Bugs on my skin
- Physical pain
- Phone calls
- Unexpected touch
- Expected touch
- Breeze on leg/arm/head hair
- Being too cold
- Being too warm
- Socks on my feet
- Spilling a drink, especially on myself
- Loud noises, especially unanticipated loud noise
- The idea of eating or touching meat
- Going to classes
- Missing classes
- Itchy skin
- Waiting rooms
- Music I don’t like
- Lack of personal space
- Grocery stores
- Showers/bathing
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