What Are Your Triggers

What triggers out-of-control emotions?
frown
whistle
lopsided picture frame
yellow flowered wallpaper
person
smell
landscape
poem
painted canvas
purse
postcard
antique mall
toothbrush
six thousand eight hundred other things
What triggers me is unique to me
And what triggers you is an anomaly to me
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Roy Avatar
December 11, 2019 at 6:11 PM
Very well expressed, Caren. Liked it. God bless you.
Krutsinger Avatar
December 12, 2019 at 2:15 AM
Thank you so much Pratap!
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December 7, 2019 at 1:10 AM
This (like all your deep-poetry) is so very true! ...And sometimes it takes a bit to figure out what your own triggers are! Once my husband was so frustrated over my emotional flashbacks that he just let out this enormous sigh and said, "Is there some way you could just let me know... give me some kind of warning?" And I had to explain that half the time I don't even see it coming!
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December 7, 2019 at 1:46 AM
So glad to see you today my soul sister! I hope all is well!
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December 6, 2019 at 10:19 PM
lol... I think this is on here twice, Or I need new glasses for Christmas, perhaps less punch??? A great write... The truth... you were cured... lol... that was the best. Ann
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December 6, 2019 at 10:20 PM
Ann, I just spent 40 minutes trying to get it on ONE time. You cannot imagine how thrilled I was that it came on twice. Ha!
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