Trigger 

A specific thing that causes a mentally ill individual's brain to go into a state of hypervigilance. The thing that triggers them makes them feel unsafe and or threatened. Contrary to popular belief, this does not just occur in people with PTSD, though it is much more common in people with PTSD and a type of anxiety disorder.

"He made a couple of rape jokes and I think it triggered me..."
"Yelling is definitely a trigger of mine."

Trigger by funky scissors April 12, 2015

Trigger 

A person, place, or thing that, due to the strong emotions or memories one associates with it, brings on a sudden, intense craving to use drugs, alcohol, sex, or to engage in other high risk behaviors in order to numb one's feelings. For an addict, this can easily lead to relapse

1. A breakup can easily trigger an addict to relapse.

2. "Man, I can't drive by my connect's house, because it's a huge trigger for me."

Trigger by WAVYGIRL March 11, 2019

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Clitoris (compare frig)

1. I've got my finger on your trigger
2. I'm an incurable trigger frigger

trigger by Rabbi Rabbit June 24, 2005

Trigger 

nickname of Willie Nelson's Martin N-20 Classical guitar, In 1969, Nelson purchased the guitar unseen for $750 in Nashville fom "Shot" Jackson and named it after Roy Rogers' horse "Trigger". The next year Nelson rescued the guitar from his burning ranch & moved back to Texas

For more than 40 years Willie Nelson has been playing a Martin N-20 nylon-string acoustic guitar he named Trigger.

Trigger by biogeorge December 6, 2012

trigger 

In the criminal lexicon "trigger" used to describe a hot-tempered person, fast for killing (without thoughts about consequences). Hi-ranked criminal leaders often call thier enforsers with a word "trigger". In this case "tigger" is the synonym for "soldier" or "killer".

"Man he's gonna kill you. His a damn trigger!!!"
"Sforcsa has sent his triggers to deal with the rivals"

trigger by GhostShade January 22, 2008

Trigger 

Is anything that causes a direct reaction to do something "bad."

Vodka being poured over is ice is a trigger. Etc.

Trigger by Nicole Dolling April 3, 2010

Trigger 

a memory like a place smell or the way someone use to do something. Eg an ice cold beer a warm tingling sensation moving through your body,a very finely cut line with a nice rolled up note sharing it, smoke rolling around a glass bowl as you inhale into your lung, a needle into your arm an immediate relaxation of the body like heaven, rolling a joint with friends at a party lighting it up.

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Trigger by Thispagewasmadeforme September 22, 2020