Induce
Trigger
Trigger verb - To cause to function.
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- Someone suffering from PTSD may be triggered by many things - and sometimes, sadly, some things in fiction may induce this trigger response.
Source: Useful Notes / Trigger - Trigger Phrase: Zak discovers that certain words have the effect of raising a frequency, but it turns out that they're really words that induce mind control.
Source: Film / Frequencies - Someone who has been triggered by a trigger may go through more emotional discomfort than fiction is supposed to produce, physical discomfort, terror and depression beyond what the story was supposed to induce, flashbacks to their experience of the traumatic event, or even a full Heroic B.S.O.D.
Source: Useful Notes / Trigger
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