This blog explores what trauma triggers are, how they develop in the brain and nervous system, and how they may show up as emotional, physical, or psychological responses. It helps explain why survivors may feel overwhelmed or activated by reminders of trauma, including cultural or media movements such as #MeToo, and how these reactions are a normal part of the body’s survival system.

How the #MeToo movement progressed from a little known movement for young women of colour to a global phenonenon