rtcityrblx:

bipch: gives you flashbacks of traumatic events

sends you into an agonizing panic attack

makes your heart skip beats from sheer terror it does not mildly offend you

make you feel uncomfortable

gross you out

make you angry are we fucking done here feel like this needs to be brought back

I don’t disagree with the need to differentiate between triggers and strong emotional reactions, which are two entirely separate things.

But a trigger doesn’t have to give you a flashback, a panic attack, or make your heart skip beats. It can result in sensory processing difficulties, dissociation, physical pain, or depressive thoughts, to name a handful of the other options. Usually symptoms come in groups, but not always. This is one of the trickiest things about living with PTSD - you can’t always tell you’ve been triggered immediately, and you can’t always separate out PTSD from other related problems (like depression).

If you have PTSD, your reactions to being triggered are your own. Don’t doubt yourself <3



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