When you first said "Jello, popsicles, and soup broth" my first thought was honestly "Maybe something bad was done to them while they were eating those foods?" and while my thought wasn't 100% accurate, that is honestly more of how people should think. They shouldn't automatically doubt triggers just because they seem strange. Hell, one of my triggers is the feeling of sweat on my skin. For the most part it's very difficult to control when I experience this trigger, but I can avoid it in some circumstances (I generally avoid any exercise on humid days to minimize how much I sweat). Just about anything can be a trigger. It's not anyone else's place to judge

Thank you for this!

This is one of the most sensible and well-put explanations on triggers I've seen.

One of my triggers is a certain deodorant smell because of a Trauma, and I feel so glad to hear you talking about specific and general kinds of trauma because of that! We have to have self responsibility and not delegate everything just to others, but it's only fair to expect from others to have our feelings respected.

The use of triggers as jokes by people without any mental illnesses has always rubbed me the wrong way. I'm glad there's informative videos like this out there! Every time I try to explain certain triggers to people who don't really know me, but can see I'm uncomfortable in a situation, they don't really seem to get it :/ unless it's something more obvious and well known.

I recently came across this channel and everything you were saying made a light go off in my head. It was like my whole life made sense. I talked to my therapist about D.I.D and after a while we came to the conclusion that I've been living with D.I.D since I was a kid. I freaked out at first and was really scared but your channel has helped me accept myself for who I am. Now I spend most days trying to discover more about my alters and I. I just wanted to say thank you for all that you've done for us. I'm actually starting to feel better then I've had in years.

It's like if someone is allergic to something specific, you aren't gonna tell them that they don't actually have that allergy just cause it's not common. I am allergic to coconut, just because it's not peanuts or bees that doesn't mean I'm not still allergic to coconut

Woah, I can’t imagine being on a clear liquid diet for a month. I’ve had to be on that for only a couple days at any given time. Thank you Daniel, I didn’t realize how disrespectful that meme was, and I’ve never made jokes on the internet about it, but I just want to apologize for thinking it was a joke. Video was great as always!

Well said. You don't have to understand it, you just have to respect it. If only more people would just do that!

Honestly I love early mid 2000s songs but I kinda have to be careful when listening to a random playlist of songs cause a couple of songs like Katy Perry's ET is a trigger to trauma I suffered. Thank you for making this video

I never had the heart to tell anyone some of my weird triggers until I saw this. My parents always told me that I can't let something so small bother me... And in my head all I'm thinking is: you really don't get it. Thank you for making this.

the shrimp thing is such a perfect analogy, well done!

This is the best explanation of triggers I’ve ever heard.

Daniel, you are killing it with the educational video. I really look forward to when you get to collab with Kati Morton some day. Double the educational video! :)

Thank you for this. I have a friend who was in a mental hospital after hurting herself and now any type of bracelet that has like the papery feel to it makes her hyperventilate, this of course causes problems for field trips and I wish more people would not just watch this video, but all your videos, just to understand all types of, well anything really!

I'm honestly so thankful for this video. When my friends found out about some of my triggers they made fun of them for awhile until I had to pull them aside and tell them why and honestly it's humiliating to have to explain yourself and why you feel the way you do. Sorry for rambling but I really do appreciate this video

Hey! I don’t have any triggers or D.I.D. myself, but I just wanted to give you guys some love for making this channel and talking about a lot of things that are difficult to talk about. This channel is very educational and with each video I watch I learn something new. I hope everyone who is reading this has a great day! ❤️

I've got my own triggers, and I've always tried to be careful when people tell me they have them.

I'm in love with Daniel - there, I said it. He's so smart and sincere, he just melts my heart. I mean, he could be educating me about organic chemistry and I would still be acing all my tests in a blink of an eye.

I am so happy that this content is on the internet explained in such a simple and relatable way! Amazing job explaining this 😁