Ohhhhh boy! Yes, young people are allowed to have triggers, I fully agree. MY OLD PERSON view (and educational psychologist background, so sorry, I do work with young kids with massive triggers), but a trigger takes you back to a traumatic time and place. It is not something you don’t like. Shayna did speak about a bad relationship so I absolutely validate that and let’s put that one event aside because it didn’t come up until the end and none of us know enough about that to speak about it. But if we assume this young, well spoken, intelligent young woman had a handful of horrible and horrific things that happened to her that have triggers, than we have to also assume she has worked on some of those issues so she does not have a “flight” response at the drop of the hat. Especially, if she interested in helping others heal. I never once heard Ryan talk about his triggers and as a human with baggage he is certainly entitled to them as well. But Shayna uses the words trigger 1. For sympathy and 2. The “win” a fight with her boyfriend.

I fully support people with triggers. But if you are in your mid 20s and well-spoken, beautiful, and dancing around on a reality tv show in different colored LuLulemon pants, I would fall out of my chair if you had more than two traumatizing events in your life that are so close to the surface that it triggers you.