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Is there a more appropriate word to describe this? Honest question as a non-native English speaker. Seems like this is a commonly used term/usage: https://www.

Is there a more appropriate word to describe this? Honest question as a non-native English speaker. Seems like this is a commonly used term/usage: https://www.google.com/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/us/amp/english/triggered https://www.google.com/amp/s/dictionary.cambridge.org/us/amp...

adamjb 5y ago
"Offended" would be my suggestion. "Triggered" is only really used in this sense as part of bad faith culture war discourse, mocking the idea of trigger warnings.
- bkirkby 5y ago
  I've heard advocates of trigger warnings share their lived experience by talking about what "triggered" them, using that word specifically.
  - wffurr 5y ago
    There's a big difference between describing one's own experience and labeling others.
  - dogorman 5y ago
    The word is used in the context of PTSD. e.g. "hearing fireworks triggered flashbacks from the war" More generally, a "trigger warning" is a "content advisory warning" by another name.
- Shorel 5y ago
  I don't think they mock the idea of triggers. They leverage and weaponize the concept, which is arguably worse.