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Originally Posted by fifteenyears
Originally Posted by BrainHurts
Originally Posted by fifteenyears
My H just resently told me that me running on a certain road near our house was a trigger for him. I had no clue until he told me. He has told me a few other triggers and I have tried to eliminate them but I always feel that there are so much more than I know that he does not tell me.

Since I am both a wayward and bs I also get triggers from both sides of the fence. None of them are pleasant but I try to do something similar to a couple of other posters, tell my mind to STOP and move on.

I have a question, have any of you guys told your significant other about your triggers? Is this something that is suggested? Again, I would have no clue that my H was triggered by where I ran if he would not have told me.

Sometimes I feel like telling my H a few of mine but I always hold back because I almost feel like it is harping on the past or bringing up all of the pain from this past year that we are trying to get past.

There is this one shirt he wears though that I really want to burn!!! He wore it one night when he was on a date with his RAP (revenge affair partner). The fact that it looks really good on him makes it even worse!!
Have you heard these clips?

Here are some more clips on triggers and dwelling.

Radio clip on Triggers
Segment #2


Thanks BH! I just listened and that really helped. Everything has been disclosed on both ends and we both need to move on. I just worry that my H has triggers that he is not disclosing to me however this might be better than him throwing them in my face. Since he decided to truly give us another chance he has not brought up the A at all. I think this scares me because he his such a private person that I worry that he is holding things in.
Would he listen to the clips?


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WH
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Blended Family with 7 kids between us
Too much hurt and pain on both sides that my brain hurts just thinking about it all.



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Triggers?

LOL.....absolutely anything or anybody in any place can trigger people (I added a lol since a sense of humor is important in life when faced with stuff like this. Humor to accompany the mindbending experience of them).

I love the concept of 'flooding' to deal with them.

Big flooding, little flooding.

Taking back your power and freedom from triggers is good.

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Originally Posted by reading
Triggers?

LOL.....absolutely anything or anybody in any place can trigger people (I added a lol since a sense of humor is important in life when faced with stuff like this. Humor to accompany the mindbending experience of them).

I love the concept of 'flooding' to deal with them.

Big flooding, little flooding.

Taking back your power and freedom from triggers is good.

I thought these are some good clips of Dr. Harley talking about managing memories with flooding.

Radio clip on flooding

Radio clip on flooding


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Originally Posted by LuvsDavid
The condom section in any store.

Pre-Paid Cell phones (even the add mins cards)
Yeah, these things plus Facebook are like the weapons of mass destruction of adultery cool


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Making the bed and doing laundry are my biggest triggers. It was what I was doing when I discovered the evidence on DDay. Her recieving text, her recieving notifications on her phone, and the OM last name. Anything in the media involving adultery....

I'm going to listen to those clips. Time does help, and I am better at controlling them.


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Originally Posted by BrainHurts
Originally Posted by reading
Triggers?

LOL.....absolutely anything or anybody in any place can trigger people (I added a lol since a sense of humor is important in life when faced with stuff like this. Humor to accompany the mindbending experience of them).

I love the concept of 'flooding' to deal with them.

Big flooding, little flooding.

Taking back your power and freedom from triggers is good.

I thought these are some good clips of Dr. Harley talking about managing memories with flooding.

Radio clip on flooding

Radio clip on flooding


Thanks BH! Once again you picked the perfect clips. I a pretty sure I have heard them before but the whole idea of flooding sounds good but scary.

This entire day is a huge trigger for both Mr. XYV and myself. It has been exactly a year today (by day not date, Monday will be the exact date)that my A was discovered and exposed by my H.

I am trying but can't stop thinking about this day last year when my actions almost destoyed EVERYTHING that I love.

Trying not to think about it but at the same time don't want to ever forget the pain I caused my H, my children, my family, and myself. Sorry I am babbling on but this is a really hard day. This seems like the best forum to post this on since it is all about triggers and I am pretty sure that the anniversary of D-day is the mother of all triggers.

I am sorry and hope I am not upsetting or offending anyone. I just want everyone to know that triggers exists on both sides and they are not fun, but time does help and so does the support on MB.



Me (WS) Husband (BS)
DS - 15
DD -10
My D-day - 11/12/11

Today Me (BS) H (WS)
D-Day #2 01/14/12
I don't want to just survive my affair, I want to recover from it!
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