A trigger in relation to mental illness is a word, action, smell, sound, taste, feeling, etc that causes your mind or body to revert to a certain thought or memory that has affected you negatively (ie a loud bang or a car backfiring can cause a war veteran to experience a flashback of a warzone.... things like that).
Hope this helped! 
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~Dx: Bipolar 1 with Psychotic features, Dysthymia, OCD with tics including dermotillomania, Complex PTSD, Anxiety, Dysgraphia, Medication Induced ADHD
~Self-Dx: BPD, ASD with tics, Depersonalization-derealization disorder
~Rx: Wellbutrin 150mg, Gabapentin 2700mg, VIstaril 50mg, Prazosin 2mg, Klonopin 3mg, Trazodone 100mg, Thorazine 50mg
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