Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25857155-20150426213650/@comment-25396609-20150512025903

We're talking about legitimate trauma and not just tumblr style self-imposed 'he looked at me funny' trauma, right?

if we're talking legitimate traumatic experiences here, then I can weigh in. speaking from experience, a psychological trigger can be caused by a number of factors, including being attacked by animals or being sexually abused. Triggers are more accurately an extremely specific fear or anxiety, mot ofen directly corelating to the traumatic event. As an example, until the last few years I had a debilitating fear of small dogs that could be triggered by barking, yipping, and in some instances just seeing them on tv.