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Posted by vwoolf on January 3, 2005, at 11:19:00
Most people seem to avoid triggering material, which I guess is why we mark some posts as "Triggering". This has the opposite effect on me. I note down the titles of books and films signalled as triggers by others so that I can look for them, and I always read triggering posts first. Does anyone else have this reaction? It's almost like wanting to put my finger in the sore place and feel the hurt more.
Posted by thinkfast on January 3, 2005, at 11:37:20
In reply to Triggers attract me, posted by vwoolf on January 3, 2005, at 11:19:00
hmm...I love that stuff too. Reading the most sadistic stuff makes me feel more sane I suppose. Always have I been attracted to the strange and unusual (remembering the line from Beatlejuice lol) I've tried to stop, but I continue to be drawn to all of the things that are not optimistic. Reading philosophy and science fiction are even better at confusing me, but I love the sh*#! Maybe it's some sort of obsession with the crap that makes us tick? There don't seem to be any answers and the questioning always plagues my curiosity.
Posted by meg7 on January 3, 2005, at 13:52:11
In reply to Triggers attract me, posted by vwoolf on January 3, 2005, at 11:19:00
I am also attracted to things which normal people consider to be...well...negative is an understatement. The problem is that my emotional response to reading or hearing about these things is strangely different- can't feel what normal people do and I get "turned on" by imagining horrible things that happen to me. Does anyone else experience this?
Posted by vwoolf on January 3, 2005, at 14:32:48
In reply to vwoolf and thinkfast, posted by meg7 on January 3, 2005, at 13:52:11
Definitely. Does "turned on" mean sexually?
Posted by meg7 on January 4, 2005, at 8:53:24
In reply to Re: vwoolf and thinkfast » meg7, posted by vwoolf on January 3, 2005, at 14:32:48
Unfortunately yes.
Posted by vwoolf on January 4, 2005, at 9:25:31
In reply to Re: vwoolf and thinkfast » vwoolf, posted by meg7 on January 4, 2005, at 8:53:24
The same happens to me, and I find it very disturbing, bizarre.
Posted by meg7 on January 4, 2005, at 12:11:28
In reply to Re: vwoolf and thinkfast » meg7, posted by vwoolf on January 4, 2005, at 9:25:31
> The same happens to me, and I find it very disturbing, bizarre.
Me, too. Do you have any possible explanation as to why this happens? Has it always been that way for you? It has with me.
Posted by cubic_me on January 6, 2005, at 13:11:42
In reply to Re: vwoolf and thinkfast » vwoolf, posted by meg7 on January 4, 2005, at 12:11:28
I am strangely attracted to these posts too. I do not get particularly turned on by sadistic/triggering things, maybe it's just curiosity with me.
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