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This is not at all true. For example, in new age communities, "triggered" is used very frequently to mean that someone's personal ego wires have been tripped --
by jblow 11y ago
This is not at all true. For example, in new age communities, "triggered" is used very frequently to mean that someone's personal ego wires have been tripped -- and in fact the reason the word is used is because it's understood that "being triggered" is not that big a deal, it's part of being human, and one may get very upset in the moment but with perspective one sees it's fine.
This is obviously very different from the PTSD-only meaning you are talking about, but I would bet that the new age version of the word has been in use for much longer and by many more people.
So ... I sense some presumption and lack of exposure here, is all I am saying.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago> For example, in new age communities, "triggered" is used very frequently to mean that someone's personal ego wires have been tripped What does a religious movement have to do with this?
- rimantas 11y agoIt shows, that PTSD does not have monopoly on the word "triggered".
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y agoSo? In the context of trigger warnings, the meaning is the PTSD one, and only the PTSD one.