What are triggers and how do I know if I have one?

A trigger is any person, place or thing that causes you to feel a certain type of emotion. For example, with someone who self harms, their trigger may be bullies at school and whenever someone is mean to them they feel they have to cut or burn etc. They were triggered by the bullies.

When you experience something with one or more of your 5 senses that your body perceives as dangerous, it stores a memory of those senses so that next time you see/hear/taste/touch/smell it, alarm bells will go off and put you in that fight-or-flight mode for survival. Many triggers aren't particularly obvious because they're subconcious, so we don't recognize why they set us off or even that it's that specific thing that's setting us off. But, if you can recognize a pattern, then you'll know that you have a trigger.

triggers are some event or memory that occurs and causes you to have a certain (usually negative) emotion/feeling/thought, which of course can cause negative actions. you can figure out if you have one because the same emotion will occur every time that particular event happens.

A trigger is a destabilizing response on your end to something said/a comment by someone that might have been intended as an innocent claim by someone else. When we were growing up, we inevitably experienced pain or suffering that we could not acknowledge and/or deal with sufficiently at the time. We typically become triggered by experiences that are reminiscent of old painful feelings. As a result, we typically turn to a habitual or addictive way of trying to manage the painful feelings.

A trigger is a result of an event that causes you to react in a certain way and you can tell if you have one if you get scared, desperate to go somewhere or drive away.

Triggers can be words or situations that cause a rush of emotion linked to a similar situation that you have experienced. For example, let's say you have previously worked through a period of self-harm, and somebody else shares a very similar experience to yours, this may 'trigger' a response that brings back negative emotions felt during the period of self-harm. This is just an example, we have all experienced negative events differently, and certain words or situations can cause people to feel what they once felt, or bring up some unresolved emotions around that.

It normally makes one nervous, uncomfortable, anxious, scared or any negative feeling that makes them want to not be in that situation at that time.

Triggers can be anything that a person relates to a past experience. This could be something that can be concerning depending on the severity of it. I am not a doctor or a licensed therapist. So I am confident I need not to try and diagnose something i am not licensed for. I would again advice speaking to a doctor about your concerns.

Triggers are when someone mentions a subject and you feel anxiety or nervous about the subject. Sometimes it can make someone react adversely. It can be about food, if previously you've had an eating disorder for example.

Triggers are things that people are sensitive for, usually after they have experienced trauma. For example, some people can have triggers such as loud noises or talking about something related to a very bad experience they had. To know if you have triggers, think about if there is any subject matter that makes you extremely uncomfortable or sick to talk about, and if this could be connected to any of your past trauma, should you have experienced any.