(January 4, 2017 at 4:23 am)pool the great Wrote:(January 3, 2017 at 1:12 pm)Regina Wrote: I think I'm pretty un-triggerable. I don't get triggered by lone words, only violent or aggressive actions
People trivialise this shit though. "Triggered" has just become a funny joke to people because it's so ridiculous online now.
Getting triggered is actually quite a serious problem for people with anger issues, PTSD etc. Unfortunately people have misused the term so much so that now it's considered as a joke to describe thin-skinned losers that take offense on almost every single living thing and flips out hysterically.
This is honestly too true. I have PTSD, so I definitely identify with this. The word "trigger" doesn't align with it anymore because of that misuse, just as you've said.
That being said, for me, it takes more than just a word to set me off. Multiple things can draw out the wrong memories at the wrong times, but not specific words. That idea probably comes from all of the misuse. That's where the silliness starts to seep in.
