"Triggered" What Does it Really Mean?

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“Triggered” seems like a catchphrase lately. Maybe you’ve seen it lately on social media. Someone responds to someone’s comment and says, “Triggered.” Often the commenter unaware belives “triggered” means the person’s anger is triggered. And they use the word “trigger” to try to further antagonize the person. It’s an immature tatic used by emotionally immature bullies. 

Triggered is not a bad word when used in the correct context. It can be used to identify an area that needs healing.

But what does being “triggered” actually mean?

 1) To be triggered does mean someone’s anger is triggered. However, anger itself doesn’t come out of nowhere. The anger comes from a core wound. Usually, something that hurt or angered us in the past or from our childhood and we are replaying the anger, hurt, unsafety, insecurity again in our present lives. 
 
 2) The commenter doesn’t realize that they are often triggered themselves when they make a comment like that. Some core wound in them is activated as well. 
 
So remember, when you call out someone for being triggered, you are likely triggered yourself. 

Self-awareness is key to intelligence.

If you want to learn how to heal triggers to become less reactive to them, you can read, “Untethered Soul” by Michael Singer or “Return to Love” by Marianne Williamson.

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Kat OM is a resilience mindset coach based in New York City. Her signature program, Mindful Resilience, provides 21 tools and lessons to help keep you emotionally resilient through life. She is also the author of Resilient Love: Turn Your Wounds into Your Wings. You can also find Kat OM at: KatOMLife.com | IG: kat.om.transform.your.life | FB: katOM30