i tried to tell someone that a behaviour triggered me in the literal sense, they had done something that reminded me of a fucked up time in my past where i really struggled and it put me on an immediate mental decline, and they basically assumed that i was being over dramatic or did not take it seriously because of how normalised and overused the word was. idk if there’s another word to properly convey that one has been triggered without sounding not serious, but i think we either need to come up with a new word or put back the emphasis and seriousness of the word in case someone tells you they’ve been triggered and really, really mean it
