When something/one triggers someone else what is causing them to trigger and what is happening on a biological level is can the effects change?
is it a different term for the fight or flight response?
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It’s just a term coined recently meaning a response has been caused, usually an aggressive one. Much like one “triggers” a bomb or other explosive.
When I was in high school 15 years ago the term either wasn’t around or at the least not as commonly used, however the reference to an explosive reaction was. If someone got angry at a statement or action I would have said they had “gone off” at the situation.
Triggered is just the current term, in another 10-15 years it’ll have changed again, probably several times
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