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Originally Posted by Dnester
Thank you. I was asking more about if you can have triggers that come out of nowhere or are they always linked to a trauma. Like with my dad. Also I wouldnt want to hurt his feelings.
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no triggers are not always linked to trauma. a person can be triggered by many things without having been abused or hurt in any way.
example phobia's many people have a fear of snakes but have never encountered a snake and have never been abused or hurt by a snake.
one of my triggers is perfume. I have never been traumatized by any one that wore perfume or Cologne,
trigger is just a fancy word for saying I dont like something, that something made me feel weird or that something scares me.
in fact one of the most common triggers for some people is computers. many people from my parent's generation are triggered by computers, why because they didnt grow up with them,
I bet if you sit down and think about all the things that you like and dont like... foods, music, clothes styles, you will find many triggers (things that cause you to have a reaction good or bad) that was not associated with trauma.