each person has their own things that trigger them and what triggers feel like to them...

in general being triggered means something makes a person feel any of their emotions....

example my childrens high pitched excited squeal makes me feel very excited.

another example heights cause me to feel very afraid.

another example a terrific meal makes me feel satisfied and full.

now taking this general term a step further for some people feeling emotions whether what makes them feel those emotions is good or bad can make the person very uncomfortable....

example my childrens high pitched excited squeal while on a camping trip usually means one has ventured too close to the water or too far down a trail or into the woods or they found a wild animal they would love to chase. in this situation though their excited squeal is a positive reaction it can cause my heart to thump to the point where I need to do a quick head count and if needed get up and go see what that squealing child is up to.

here on psych central each person takes care of their own triggers by using the ignore list if they feel someone or someones post is causing them to feel too emotional or bad in any way. each person can also contact a moderator that will look at a post that may be triggering someone into feeling uncomfortable.

I frequently use the ignore list for many reasons...

there are some basic words that the profanity and trigger filter weeds out and that the moderators weed out. most that I know are the general triggering words that just about every website on the web that has this kind of filtering weeds out...

the moderators could probably tell you more about this.