Understanding what it means to be triggered
Mar 16, 2020
2 minutes
You may have come across people on Twitter or Facebook joking about being triggered, or using it as slang for anything they find mildly annoys or offends them. For instance, a gaudily decorated room or a comically unfashionable outfit might elicit replies like, ‘This hurts my eyes! I’m triggered!’. You might also have come across genuine ‘trigger warnings’ at the start of articles or videos, which let you know
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