Mike Domitrz explains that triggers are universal: any moment of perceived disrespect can reactivate past trauma. Instead of trying never to trigger anyone, ask people what their specific triggers are so you can understand them.
Triggers are a funny word nowadays. What they'll do is people do this, oh, these snowflakes today, they're always getting triggered. You know the irony of that? The person saying these snowflakes today are always being triggered is someone being triggered. They're getting upset about something, some feeling, some emotion that somebody else is doing that is getting them angry. Triggered. So we all get triggered. We all do. So what is a trigger? This is important to understand. A trigger is when a single moment of degradation or disrespect activates memories or emotions of previous trauma, which means you might have said nothing wrong and triggered someone because of the actions of somebody else in their history. So I don't want anybody ever here again to say, well, I don't ever trigger people. That's impossible. You are going to trigger people. The question is, are you asking them what their triggers are?
