Imagine reliving a stressful situation over and over again with no resolution. It is overwhelming every time a similar experience happens. For example, a 5-year-old child who witnessed yelling in her ...

The term "trigger" has made its way into the popular vernacular. "Trigger warnings" are given on social media often for anything that could be potentially upsetting, and has been considered a ...

A mild stressful event is enough to trigger a post-traumatic stress response in mouse models of autism. The findings could have implications for how clinicians treat patients with autism. The ...

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) suffer from fear and anxiety long after the traumatic events that triggered their PTSD. We try to stop these debilitating feelings with a gamut of ...

The term "triggered" often gets tossed around casually, but it's more than just a meme. People commonly oversimplify the concept, implying it's all about being overly sensitive or irrational. Beyond ...