Brad Schipke explains that PTSD triggers fall into two categories: external ones like places or people, and internal ones like thoughts and emotions. A trigger activates unprocessed trauma memories, causing anxiety, flashbacks, and emotional outbursts.
What triggers PTSD? Well, anything can trigger PTSD, but there are 2 core types of triggers. There are external triggers like people, places, and things, and there are also internal triggers like your own thoughts and your own emotions that can just spiral out of control. So a trigger just sparks an unprocessed trauma from your long-term memory and brings back all the symptoms like anxiety, flashbacks, or outbursts.
