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« on: June 19, 2016, 07:03:11 AM »

Get your feelings out!

It's weird because I don't think I hate her.  In the back of my mind, I don't feel I want her to pay for the stuff she's done.  I sometimes even wish we were still friends. But the sound of this person's voice, even on a text msg triggers all the bad memories.

Although now I'm sympathetic because I know that part of her telling lies is because she feels ashame about the truth. I can almost tell when she's not being honest.  She hesitates when talking (on the phone).  I never hear from her now, but then my (other) phone would ring and it would be her.  Talking about something that make absolutely no sense to me.  Then she'd talk about something pertaining to her or one of her family members.  Or something that she did or where she went... .It's like a hesitation that I never noticed before. As if she's not too sure it actually happened that way. But still, she tells it.

I believe the reason I didn't catch it before is because she looked sincere when she was telling the story.  It is not like I'm looking for a lie. No! I'm almost glad to see her number (idk why) until she starts talking. Her voice brings nothing but bad thoughts to my mind. I guess the triggering can work both ways.

Months after the r/s had ended I've seen her.  WOW! trust me I went around her for my own good.  I couldn't just go NC right away.  I had to see more of her; who she really is.  I did and it calmed my nerves a bit.  idk that's just the way it worked out for me.

However, the times i was around her and she would do something like... .walk away or be in another room, or ran into the store or anything, I would stare at her from a distance with internal feelings of fiery nature.  I don't want to use the word hate.  My head and muscle in my face would feel tight.  I would have to talk to myself and tell myself to calm down and look at her as a whole.  Then, my feelings would calm down and i'll just go on with my day.

Even when I had opportunities to do sneaky sh*t to her... .I just couldn't and wouldn't.  I would just be myself and that would make me go home or walk away from her feeling happy with myself.  I guess it is because I saw that being around her could have easily turned me into her... .A deliberate, cold hearted, callous person. But she didn't win. Bullet: completed (click to insert in post)

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« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2016, 07:19:53 AM »

Hello AudB73

Yes my exgf triggers me, especially when I and tired or worn down from being ill, hard day at work. Just last week I was having severe anxiety at work and sometimes I shake while reading her texts. I view my exgf as a defiant teenager looking for attention and throwing a tantrum. Poor little child just wasn't treated fair, mommy and daddy are mean and don't look at me?

She was ranting about her mother yesterday, I told her that her mother endured years of this crazy behaviour and still does. Of coarse your mom gets upset with your childishness.

I get so angry (triggered?) I have dreams of bunching her lights out. I figured out, all by myself, a few years ago that my exgf pretty much acts just like my mother did so I think this is a generational thing?

It is scarry thinking about why I was so attracted to this sick person then realizing she's acting just like my mother. Kinda takes the fun out of the whole dynamic
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« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2016, 10:02:21 AM »

Yes, stbx triggers me like crazy. When around him, I have so many negative feelings. They range from mild annoyance to wanting to lash out screaming. Since we coparent 4 kids together, NOT seeing him at all just isn't an option.

I did lash out at him a couple of weeks ago. Since then, I have done a much better job of avoiding him or finding the humor in the situation. Some of the things that annoy me and trigger me are some of the very things that I used to find cute about him. Now, I find him kind of disgusting and pathetic.

I have vented to my friends so much that when I bring him up, they half jokingly say things like, "What did he do this time? Besides breathing?"

My ex is a lot like my mother too. My dad and I have compared notes.
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« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2016, 10:13:22 AM »

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« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2016, 10:20:57 AM »

C. Stein, you rock. I'm right there with you.
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« Reply #5 on: June 19, 2016, 10:29:34 AM »

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