Thread:YingHe/@comment-36159587-20191004051220/@comment-33229352-20191028023440

A trigger is something that can remind you of something traumatic or cause something about mental illness/your mental state to spike. For example, loud, sudden noises can trigger veterans to have PTSD flashbacks, or a certain smell or phrase may cause a victim of trauma to have an increase in anxiety. Some people use it as a joke and say that they’re triggered over things that aren’t actually triggers for them, like having a pen out of place or having something mildly frustrating happen to them. In my experience the “triggered” jokes come from teenage boys, but that’s not an end-all be-all thing.