tertiary · Reactive

Hair-Trigger

Part of the Stress Response Wheel

What is Hair-Trigger?

Extremely sensitive to any input. Your system responds before you can think.

When you might feel hair-trigger

Hair-Trigger is a specific form of volatile, which itself is a type of reactive. You might experience this feeling in situations where reactive is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define hair-trigger.

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Related Emotions

Explosive

On the verge of erupting. Small triggers could release intense reactions disprop...

Unpredictable

Your responses vary wildly. You don't know how you'll react from moment to momen...

Snappy

Quick, sharp responses to others. Your patience is gone and it shows in your ton...

Short-Fused

Minimal tolerance before frustration or anger. What normally wouldn't bother you...

Prickly

Defensive, easily offended. Like a cactus—everything that comes near gets a shar...

Guarded

Walls up, protecting yourself from perceived threats. You're not letting anythin...

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