Do you ever feel as though your brain has a mind of its own? It seems as though, in a world where we control so little, we should at least be able to manage the contents of our own brains. And yet, ...

Dr. Ramani Durvasula is a clinical psychologist who writes extensively about mental health topics, so when she uses the term "triggered," it is not done flippantly — such as to complain that one was ...

Nowadays, the term trigger seems to apply to nearly anything that causes discomfort. It appears frequently in conversation and online, likely due to social media popularization of it. Yet “being ...