trigger point

Noun

Meaning

An event, arrangement, provocation, etc. that leads a certain, generally violent or angered, action to be taken.
Synonyms: trigger, provocation
The unbalanced terms of the treaty was a trigger point for the war.
Me wanting to spend time with other people is a big trigger point for him.

A hyperirritable spot in the skeletal muscle; a point in tender muscle that tends to elicit pain upon pressure or touch.

Examples

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response. Daniel Goleman

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