Trauma Triggers, What Are They?

• Trauma triggers will vary depending on each person.
• Anything reminiscent of your trauma can activate a survival response.
• Even if you don’t remember specific details, your body sure does. The experience gets locked into your body with the associated sights, sounds, and smells.

Trauma triggers can include:

• smells
• sounds
• places or objects
• people or certain characteristics of people
• situations
• emotional states