I Am Easily Startled
I can tell you that I startle easily, but chances are, you won't be able to understand just how easily I can be startled.
Doesn't sound like a big deal, and it wouldn't be, if this happend every now and then. It is extremely embarrassing! Somebody puts something down on a table hastily, and I flinch violently while simultaneously letting out a short scream. The louder and more abrupt the sound, the more exaggerated the flinch and the louder the screech.
Even if I know a sound is coming, I am completely powerless to stop it. One time, someone was throwing those little popping pieces of paper with gun powder in them. I jumped, grabbed my chest and screamed. Everyone laughed, then laughed when I did it again, and again... Finally I had to apologize and explain how I startle easily. I thought I could resist if I kept saying don't scream, don't scream over and over, but even that didn't work! It was less severe of a reaction, but still embarrassing!
Doesn't sound like a big deal, and it wouldn't be, if this happend every now and then. It is extremely embarrassing! Somebody puts something down on a table hastily, and I flinch violently while simultaneously letting out a short scream. The louder and more abrupt the sound, the more exaggerated the flinch and the louder the screech.
Even if I know a sound is coming, I am completely powerless to stop it. One time, someone was throwing those little popping pieces of paper with gun powder in them. I jumped, grabbed my chest and screamed. Everyone laughed, then laughed when I did it again, and again... Finally I had to apologize and explain how I startle easily. I thought I could resist if I kept saying don't scream, don't scream over and over, but even that didn't work! It was less severe of a reaction, but still embarrassing!
41-45, F
