Things that trigger your 'fight or flight' response

[ToxicAdam]

Multiple things crawling on my skin

Shopping for pants

Nerd culture conversations at parties.

[Let's Cyber]

Garter snakes.

Feels bad man.

[Rufus]

Getting entangled in pointless small talk when you're taking out the garbage or getting your mail.

[Nabbis]

Gurlz

[Phoenix Dark]

Pregnancy.

[Brehvolution]

After they've talked for 10 minutes straight and forgot/never got to the point.

When the kids want subway.

It's only the 5th time this week I have to stop at the same 2 stores they drove by to get them something because they forgot, for the 5th fucking time. 

[toku]

"I love you"
 
things with more than four legs

snails

slugs

[Joe Molotov]

people

[Purrp Skirrp]

Anxiety disorders

[seagrams hotsauce]

Junior posters

[skullstorm]

Cringe videos
Bugs
Eggs if cooked by anyone else but me
Predatory penises

[Rufus]

Upselling

[ToxicAdam]

Predatory penises

https://i.redd.it/tnliljhzxewz.gif

[Madrun Badrun]

Yo mom

[hungrynoob]

having to call to make an appointment or answering the phone to an unknown number.

[Atramental]

Getting put on blast on a video game message board. 

A girl telling me that I'm her soulmate. 

[Valkyrie]

Open ocean, deep water, relationships, laugh track comedies

[Rufus]

Casting shows

[Stoney Mason]

Eager Trump Voters

[chronovore]

Not being able to touch the bottom in a swimming pool or the ocean.

Shark horror movies.

Shark documentaries.

Diving simulators with sharks.

Shark pictures.

Casual descriptions of sharks.

(Seeing JAWS when I was 8 did a number on me.)

[Mr. Gundam]

Not being able to touch the bottom in a swimming pool or the ocean.

Shark horror movies.

Shark documentaries.

Diving simulators with sharks.

Shark pictures.

Casual descriptions of sharks.

(Seeing JAWS when I was 8 did a number on me.)

Jaws did the same thing to me when I was really little.

[CatsCatsCats]

When you’re passing someone waiting to turn and you see their wheels move as you get closer

Cat barf sounds

[chronovore]

Not being able to touch the bottom in a swimming pool or the ocean.

Shark horror movies.

Shark documentaries.

Diving simulators with sharks.

Shark pictures.

Casual descriptions of sharks.

(Seeing JAWS when I was 8 did a number on me.)

Jaws did the same thing to me when I was really little.

My parents went to a drive-in, my sister was 5 but was likely asleep already in the backseat with me. I asked my parents to go home, and during the worst parts, I remember screaming "Change the channel! Change the channel!" but they didn't and now I'm a 50 year old guy with irrational fears.

[chronovore]

I remember screaming "Change the channel! Change the channel!" but they didn't and now I'm a 50 year old guy with irrational fears.

Newsfeed

[Mr. Gundam]

If I'm in the drive thru at Taco Bell, I can't watch them make my food. Seeing the sour cream come out of a industrial size caulking gun just kills my appetite.

[hungrynoob]

Open ocean, deep water

Drowning in the ocean is a big fear of mine, used to have nightmares, where im in the city looking out to sea and theres a massive skyscraper tall wave that stretches the full length of the horizon heading towards me, pretty frequently. 

[Diunx]

Cocks.

[Diunx]

Seriously imagine this motherfucker chasing you

[nudemacusers]

[toku]

as someone who has lived on or near the ocean most of his life and had marine bio classes more people should absolutely be terrified of the ocean

[Corporal]

Jiggers.

Seriously though, I'm not good with calling people I don't know on the phone. Always takes a bit of internal struggle.

[agrajag]

Jiggers.

Seriously though, I'm not good with calling people I don't know on the phone. Always takes a bit of internal struggle.

Same here, although I've gotten better at it over the years, as work situations have forced me to call people. However, if I have a path of lesser resistance available, such as emailing or texting, I will choose that. Though that approach produces less instantaneous results most of the time.

[Great Rumbler]

Being confronted by a hobo at night in the city when no one else is around.

[Huff]

When people ask what are your hobbies

[Rufus]

When people ask what are your hobbies

The plural easily doubles the potency.

[Eel O'Brian]

Political or religious talk at parties or pretty much anywhere in a public gathering = ”I'm just gonna go get another beer/go to the bathroom, brb"

Standing in the ocean/river and something swims and/or crawls across my foot

Any mention of bedbugs anywhere

A letter from the IRS

[demi]

Hearing footsteps outside the door while you're 30 seconds into your favorite video

[CurseoftheGods]

narcissists

sociopaths

racism

homophobia

[Forgotten A. Turnbuckle]

While typing something different out I was reminded of one of my triggers:
A person walking into my office at work while I'm trying make a post on the bore

I originally was going to say something cornballish about how it gets triggered when I hear my son scream from a different room or when he tries to run behind the bar at one of the local breweries.

[team filler]

smoking crystal methamphetamine and being up for 3+ days

[desert punk]

People ringing my doorbell more than once or, alternatively, people keeping their fat fingers on the button for more than a second.

People wetting their fingers to turn a page 

Bees, fucking bees
Seriously, I'll scream like a little girl and run away if I see one flying in my vicinity (got stung by a swarm of bees as a wee lad).

[Nabbis]

Periodontology patients who brush less than two times a day. 

[Dickie Dee]

Having to give one interesting thing about yourself.

[Valkyrie]

Ordering food.

Sometimes I eat stuff on my takeout that I didn't really want because I was too scared to say anything.

[desert punk]

Seeing dogs off the leash while going jogging.

Parents berating their kids in public.

[agrajag]

I agree, things are the worst.

[Cerveza mas fina]

capitalism

communism

[Valkyrie]

When my mom calls me by my full name.

[agrajag]

When my mom calls me by my full name.

 

[desert punk]

That reminds me that I have to cringe everytime my given name is being pronounced in English 

[I'm a Puppy!]

here's a weird one.

Stores with inordinately high ceilings and a lot of people.

I gotta get out of them ASAP.

[Samson Manhug]

Fireworks, doors slamming in the other room, occasionally bad storms, feeling not in control, dreams

[Raist]

Nothing.
I'm a badass that way.

[chronovore]

here's a weird one.

Stores with inordinately high ceilings and a lot of people.

I gotta get out of them ASAP.

Any idea why?

[CatsCatsCats]

[I'm a Puppy!]

here's a weird one.

Stores with inordinately high ceilings and a lot of people.

I gotta get out of them ASAP.

Any idea why?

No clue.

[Baiano19]

capitalism

communism

People talking about those and having absolutely no idea what it actually means

Flying roaches. I still remember the first time I saw when I was a kid and though " is this allowed?"

[StealthFan]

Large crowds. I only go out to doctors appointments because of this. Friends have to come over to chill.

Spiders that look like Black Widows or Brown Recluses.

People arguing irl

PDA

[Raist]

here's a weird one.

Stores with inordinately high ceilings and a lot of people.

I gotta get out of them ASAP.

Any idea why?

No clue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agoraphobia


For the lazies:

Agoraphobia is a condition where sufferers become anxious in unfamiliar environments or where they perceive that they have little control. Triggers for this anxiety may include wide-open spaces, crowds (social anxiety), or traveling (even short distances). Agoraphobia is often, but not always, compounded by a fear of social embarrassment, as the agoraphobic fears the onset of a panic attack and appearing distraught in public. Most of the time they avoid these areas and stay in the comfort of their safe haven. This is also sometimes called "social agoraphobia", which may be a subtype of social anxiety disorder.

Considering how much you seem to be traveling I'd assume the last one doesn't apply to you.

[pilonv1]

Everything