[CandiJay23]

I am wondering what all this trigger talk is... Sometimes I see posts that warn of triggers before I read them. I don't know what triggers are. I can't pinpoint anything that makes me feel worse or better. I thought these moods just came on whenever or for whatever reason.

[CANDC]

A trigger is a something that sets off a memory of a traumatic event.
Here is more on that
Psych Central - Search results for What is a trigger

[raspberrytorte]

Major life changing events trigger me. My psychiatrist retiring after I'd been seeing her for seven years triggered my last unfortunate episode.

[Wren_]

hi ... triggers can be different things
on here we use trigger icons for reasons like this thread suggests http://forums.psychcentral.com/new-m...ease-read.html
but it could also be something else that triggers a reaction or response for you

[ladisputelover]

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!

something that reinforces old unpleasant behaviours feelings or memories.

[avlady]

something that makes a person remember something bad or they would have a bad mental experience from it

[-jimi-]

I wish people could always use triggers for

Possible trigger:

bad things happening to animals.

Originally Posted by CandiJay23

I am wondering what all this trigger talk is... Sometimes I see posts that warn of triggers before I read them. I don't know what triggers are. I can't pinpoint anything that makes me feel worse or better. I thought these moods just came on whenever or for whatever reason.

It seems that a trigger is whatever the person being triggered thinks it is.