I have some triggers in real life, but nothing on the boards trigger me. In fact, when a post says 'possible trigger', that's the one I read first!!!!
But I know what you mean!!! There have been many times when I have written out posts that by no means call for 'trigger warnings' and I'm just about to hit Send, but then I stop and think of the effect it might have and I change my mind about posting it.
It's so odd, the seemingly innocent things that can set us off!!!!
Here's hoping you don't come across too many triggers!!! (((((Hugs)))))

Sorry you are experiencing horrible memories triggered by innocent enough posts. Must make it very hard for you reading things not knowing when you will be triggered.

I totaly understand and agree. Simple thing triggers are a horrible thing..

I can deal with the boards no problem, but I have a few albums that at times can set me off

Sometimes just thinking about my condition can be a trigger for a depressed or mixed state for me. That's kind of why I joined this board because I know if I can't get over that, I won't be able to gain control over my life.

Just before I came to this thread it kind of hit me like that again. Uugggghhhh. I need to eat and sleep, but now I don't feel like doing either one.

I also know what you mean by really specific, small things that really get into your head. I've been able to get over most of those, but when i least expect it, they'll creep up on me.

Hurt puppies and movies where dogs die - avoid at all costs

Trying to get those horrible memories out of my head gave me massive "amnesia" that turned just about all of my life into one, big trigger. NOT FUN NOT USEFUL!!!

What did help me was thinking of those memories as stains on the carpet or wall and meditating on ways to walk past those stains without paralysis.

Stains on the carpet or wall. That's a good one. I'm gonna try and use it.

The board doesn't usually trigger me.
Neither do crime drama shows...now the Newspaper or TV News , can really set me off.

Also weird things ,like driving on bumpy pot holed roads..that can trigger panic in me

I try to treat it like Cognitive Behavior Threapy and just let it slide right through me. It never works though.

spca commercials get me every time. thinking about my son. thinking something major is going to happen that will cost me money i don't have...but not the boards.

One if of the things that triggers me on this group and also the alcoholism groups (longtime sober) is controversy and people having argy bargy. It is my fall back position to actually jump in and have a go myself. But AA teaches me that I need to avoid controversy and as I've learnt in the last two years in particular through that period of therapy, the Plastic Brain is a real science and it's critical for us to not cultivate negative inputs and to cultivate positive inputs.

But of course I fail and do get embroiled. But I am getting better at stopping myself, as someone said, before posting and saying NO Wendy - and having the rigour to completely delete my intended post. And it's also about Instant Gratification. So those triggers about controversy are going to be aorund for as long as I live in online and real life, so it's my responsibility to have that circuit breaker and stop myself getting involved in things that are detrimental to me.