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Note: although this post is part of my partnership with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust following the recent terror attack at Manchester Arena; the entire contents of it can apply to anyone who has suffered from any trauma

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trigger

ˈtrɪɡə/

verb

verb: trigger; 3rd person present: triggers; past tense: triggered; past participle: triggered; gerund or present participle: triggering

1. 

cause (an event or situation) to happen or exist.

• 
  

  "an allergy can be triggered by stress or overwork"

  
  

  synonyms:

  precipitate, prompt, trigger off, set off, spark (off), provoke, stir up,  cause, give rise to, lead to, set in motion, occasion, be the cause of, bring about, begin, start, initiate; "the incident triggered an acrimonious debate"

• (of an event or situation) cause (someone) to do something.

  
  

  "the death of Helen's father triggered her to follow a childhood dream and become a falconer"
• (especially of something read, seen, or heard) distress (someone), typically as a result of arousing feelings or memories associated with a particular traumatic experience.

  
  

  "she started crying and told me that my news had really triggered her"

It’ll sometimes feel like the trauma is never going to be over. You'll find that you are always come across things in life that remind you of what has happened to you.
Personally, I suffered abuse when I was younger and it's hard for me to discuss my triggers because, for legal reasons, I can't go into details about the trauma; and some of my triggers are really specific to it... I feel like there are two types of triggers: 'specific' ones and 'obvious' ones but I don't think that one is worse than another.

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Note: although this post is part of my partnership with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust following the recent terror attack at Manchester Arena; the entire contents of it can apply to anyone who has suffered from any trauma

Image created by the GMMH_NHS Twitter staff

trauma

ˈtrɔːmə,ˈtraʊmə/

noun

1. 1. 

   a deeply distressing or disturbing experience.

   
   

   "a personal trauma like the death of a child"

The reason for this post is obviously those who were affected in anyway by the terror attack in Manchester Arena and especially in the wake of Ariana Grande (the singer who's concert had just finished when the attack took place) putting on a charity concert (One Love Manchester) featuring a number of artists; to raise money for victims, survivors, and their families. Those who'd attended her

concert on the night of Monday 22nd May, were given free tickets to also attend the event.

Note: you can watch One Love Manchester here


Ideally, I'd have published this piece before the One Love concert to give people 'advice' and 'warning.' I believe, though, that for up to a month after a trauma; there's no space in a person's head to take such information in. There's not enough room to accept more information when this experience this trauma; has consumed your entire life. Every minute seems to be about it. Every conversation. Every phone call. Every appointment.

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I'm honoured to say that Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust have asked to use I'm NOT Disordered's popularity to help publicise their brand new information in response to the terrorist attack at Manchester Arena on Monday 22nd May 2017

To read more visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40008389