The Power of Triggers

The idea behind a trigger is that the brain has memorized ideas about the world. And then when we take in a situation through one of our senses, something that we see, taste, touch or smell or hear, it brings back the same feelings as before. It's often talked about with regards to trauma and negative emotion because that gets so hardwired into our brains as they try to protect us. But all of the experiences that we have growing up in our lives, especially traumatic experiences most definitely have created the brains that we have today that view the world the way that we do.