Trigger

A trigger is what suddenly pierces your nerves, twists your insides, and hits your head without warning. It’s a sharp rewind into the past. And in this past it’s impossible to stay, because it’s too painful—until you lose your sight, until madness, until the desire to simply disappear. She became my personal trigger at once—only I realized it too late. Everything happened in that single moment when my little daughter ran to her and, with all her strength, screamed: “Mom!”

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