Triggers?

[redblue22]

Sometimes people talk about knowing their triggers. What exactly are they talking about? Examples? I feel like there is no rhyme or reason to it all myself.

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[Alive again]

I do not think this is exactly what you are looking for but I know I am in danger of triggering when noise begins to bother me. For example if my husband's chewing is irritating (which is really a minimal noise) it is a warning for me that mania is around the corner and if I get really careful about sleep, eating ,etc I may minimize the manic episode. Or if music I like to listen too is irritating me. crumbs on the counter, and how I react to them, is another big warning sign for me.

 

[redblue22]

Ah, I do that already. Thanks.

 

[RobbotheInquisitive]

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[quietpraiyze]

A major trigger for me is not sleeping. If I don't sleep pass one day, that can lead me right into a manic episode. I have to cut it the best way I can. Before I used to take cold medicine and that would knock me out. I have a new Dr. and so I fessed up about it. She put me on Melatonin and that seems to working just fine.

Another trigger for me is dealing with dishonest people. I can't have them around me. It's hard enough being a manic depressive with psychotic features but it's even worse when someone wants to play mind games with me. It makes me feel like I don't know what I'm talking about when I know what I know. I can't do it.

There are other triggers, but these are the ones I can think of right now.

 

[RobbotheInquisitive]

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[Live In Stereo]

Sometimes people talk about knowing their triggers. What exactly are they talking about? Examples? I feel like there is no rhyme or reason to it all myself.

Red

Husbandsnonsupport , but sitting there with my medical people and agreeing and telling them he will support and so wonderful to their faces, than cutting me down like saying bipolar is not a real disease. Everyone has it. Some control ,themselves. others do not and if I tell my case worker she looks at me like sure because he acts so good around them. I think I have had a bit of biplar for years, but it did not become dangerous and extreme until the way he treated me. :o

 

[RobbotheInquisitive]

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[Solomon's Portico]

I have problems when I think people are mad at me. Its usually something irrational. I can debate someone and they can get angry with me but wont bother me. So its kind a weird. Idk

 

[mum24]

My husband is a huge trigger too, for depression for me. I doubt that my husband respects me or this sickness. He is always in control or attempting control. I feel sick about it.

 

[RobbotheInquisitive]

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[madison1101]

If someone is a little angry, or ticked off at me about something, even if it's something where they have a good reason to be, and I should listen to them and deal with it, instead I go ballistic. And, mum24, I hate to admit it, but I go ballistic much more around women than I do men. I know, I know, I'm a butt. But I want to know why that is. The "I go ballistic" I can blame on bipolar. But the "much more around women" is entirely my fault.

When I had anger issues with women, I used therapy to trace it back to childhood issues with my Mom, and two aunts. Sad thing is, the issues with Mom are still there, and I still have trouble relating to her. She has bipolar disorder, and has trouble with interpersonal relationships herself.

 

[RobbotheInquisitive]

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[RobbotheInquisitive]

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[madison1101]

Wow, Madison, you're a female? How could a female have issues with women?

My issues with women began when I was an infant. Because my mother developed her bipolar disorder when I was just a few months old, I never bonded with her. Then, when I was an adolescent, she was in a severe depression and sent me away to live with an aunt. That was three months of torture, because my aunt had me doing all of her housework, and her sons did not do any chores. She was Dad's sister, and when he died, she tried to have a secret viewing of him, against my mother's wishes. My other aunt, Mom's sister, was schizophrenic, and when my father died, she said something that really upset me and I cut her out of my life. They were the only women in my life.

My mother and I have never connected, and she has treated me far different than my siblings. Even after both of my brothers went to heaven, at very young ages, she treats me with rudeness and contempt.

 

[RobbotheInquisitive]

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[RobbotheInquisitive]

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[redblue22]

I had trouble with anger myself. Growing up we were not allowed to be angry ever. But for some reason people were always blowing up. wow, I'm glad I'm outta there.

 

[Heartfelt123]

One of my biggest triggers is stress at work. im usually fine on Monday but as the week goes on the stress gets higher and higher. I become anxious and irritated with the minor things. Another trigger for me is anxious thoughts, they seem to build on one another.

Staying balanced is such a hard thing to do, i find that when i am stressed out after a day of work i'll need to sit in a quit place and read so my mind can clear.