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I find that certain words and phrases, as spoken by other people, trigger a meltdown. Wondering if this is true for any of y'all.

Maybe in the past when I Was younger but I don't let other people affect me anymore. What types of words do you mean?

LOL "trigger word"

didn't know anyone used that phrase outside of tumblr

fake edit: certain tones of voice set in me on edge in certain situations. I don't flip out or anything, but it does stress me out more than I think it should. no words, though

I find overall negative words like "useless" or "unrealistic" to be trigger words. I do see it a lot on tumblr but I used the phrase before I even knew it was on there.

I go ballistic every time I hear the phrase "manifest abundance." It hurts my fingernails just to type it.

I also hate hearing anything where people claim that if you visualize something, it will happen. People are weird. They actually believe this stuff, despite having lived in reality for their whole lives.

Also, the phrase "If you say so." I could hit something. Not really. But really. I'm not violent. I just wish I was when I hear this.

A friend of mine has a bad reaction to the word "moist." I don't know why. She won't speak of it. It's her own personal Voldimort.

I have NEVER heard nor seen anyone use the phrase "manifest abundance"!

Its a perfectly serviceable phrase, but for some reason I never hear folks use it (never heard it uttered in RL, and this is the first time I have seen it in print).

The only two places I ever hear the word "manifest" is in the phrase "ship's manifest", and in the phrase "manifest destiny".

Where are you from? And in what situations do you hear folks say "manifest abundance" ( I assume to mean "the obvious fact that there is a lot of the thing being talked about")? Do folks use it to argue with you?

Calm down! Who doesn't get upset when they hear that?

I never had trigger words but I did have meltdowns when my parents were fussing at me saying negative stuff about me.

I had when I was younger. Even written ones, I kept smearing it off.


.. Words: "discipline", anything that involves "No" without a reason, "crazy/insane/weirdo", "BE social", and some tagalog words that roughly translates to "cooperate", "inclusion"... That's all I remember. I no longer do after quite sometime. Now, I don't have any triggering words.

My parents never knew this. No one ever knew this.

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I can start to lose my mind when someone says "fraction" as if it means a small amount. Nothing actually wrong with the word, just when people leave it undefined.

For instance, "Hey man, is there any cake left?"

"Yeah but only like a fraction."

Ninety-four ninety-fifths is a fraction, and that would be a damn near full cake if you ask me.

The only word that has ever really bothered me is "ret*d" i wouldn't say it causes a meltdown but it does sometimes make me a little angry even if it is just being used jokingly.