The term trigger(ed) is a valid and extremely useful medical and psychological term. It is used by all forms of mental health professionals.
Neurotypicals have tried to make it "embarassing" or "cringey" to use it, and try to make us ashamed of using accurate and scientific terminology to describe our experiences as trauma survivors, mentally ill and developmentally disabled people.
I believe a large part of the reason they do this is to silence us. To try and make us ashamed of describing our experiences. To try and make is hide away our symptoms. To try and silence us.
Don't let them. If the word trigger/triggered describes your experiences and helps you express them, use them! No matter how much they mock it and try to turn it into a meme, we wont let them ruin such a useful (and sometimes life saving!) psychological term.













