i wish the general population never learned the word "triggered" because as someone who actually gets triggered and needs to communicate that, it's been watered down and almost sounds like edgelord nonsense now even when i have to use it.

let this be a psa to stop using that term unless you are actually talking about having a trauma response. i hate it and when people use it jokingly i feel uncomfortable around them

@forestine my trauma therapist never liked me using that word…she preferred ‘activated’ which better describes the experience without the person suffering trauma or the ‘recall moment’ becoming like a weapon/dangerous.