Dont understand 'triggers'

Posted by JoniS on August 13, 2007, at 9:10:38

Sorry, but I dont get what it means to say "triggers" or how to define them, because I thought they could be anything. Like yesterday morning when I looked at a coupon for a restaurant in the newspaper, it triggered me to think of an old memory, which caused great sorrow and sadness that is still spilling over into today.
All kinds of things trigger some painful emotions for me. That's why I dont' understand the warning "triggers"
Can anyone help me to understand this? Maybe what I am thinking of as "triggers" is not what they really are.

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Dont understand 'triggers' JoniS 8/13/07
Re: Dont understand 'triggers' » JoniS Maria01 8/13/07
Re: Dont understand 'triggers' Dinah 8/13/07
*understand 'triggers' thanks Maria and Dinah (nm) JoniS 8/13/07
Trigger 'Trigger' Sigismund 8/13/07
Re: Trigger 'Trigger' » Sigismund sunnydays 8/13/07
Re: Trigger 'Trigger' » Sigismund Tamar 8/13/07
Re: Trigger 'Trigger' » Tamar Maria01 8/13/07
This is how it is for me Sigismund 8/13/07
Re: This is how it is for me » Sigismund sunnydays 8/13/07
Re: Trigger 'Trigger' » Maria01 Tamar 8/14/07
Re: Trigger 'Trigger' Maria01 8/14/07

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