What Does It Mean To Be Triggered? - Topic

a trigger is any stimulus that causes a person to think of a traumatic memory. some online groups think that ptsd isn't real so they've adopted the term to mean raged irl

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Jun 7 2016 02:00pm

Quote (Devil_kin @ Jun 7 2016 03:59pm)

a trigger is any stimulus that causes a person to think of a traumatic memory. some online groups think that ptsd isn't real so they've adopted the term to mean raged irl

just triggered me

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Jun 7 2016 02:02pm

Quote (BuTcHeS @ Jun 7 2016 03:00pm)

just triggered me

triggered my diq

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Jun 7 2016 02:03pm

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triggered my diq

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Jun 7 2016 02:03pm

Quote (Devil_kin @ Jun 7 2016 11:59am)

a trigger is any stimulus that causes a person to think of a traumatic memory. some online groups think that ptsd isn't real so they've adopted the term to mean raged irl

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Jun 7 2016 02:06pm

Quote (Krayzy @ 7 Jun 2016 14:03)

wut

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

this is where it comes from. popular use of "triggered" is part of a pushback against trigger warnings

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