Trigger Warnings:

What is a Trigger?

Something that causes someone to feel upset and frightened because they are made to remember something bad that has happened in the past.

Definitions are provided from the Oxford Dictionary.

Triggers are provided even if something occurs only once or happens to ANYONE in the book. This includes the Hero & heroine and characters only barely mentioned. Big or small, it will be provided in the Trigger Warnings part of the review-in both my blog and Goodreads.

Abandonment
an act or instance of leaving a person or thing permanently and completely
Abortion
Abusive Relationship
Addiction
Adoption
Age Gap
Alcohol
Alcoholism
Amputation
Animal Abuse
Animal Death
Antisemitism
hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people
Anxiety
Intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear about everyday situations
Assault
a physical attack
Attempted Murder
Attempted Rape
Bipolar Disorder
A disorder associated with episodes of mood swings ranging from depressive lows to manic highs
Blood
Branding
Bullying
a form of aggressive behavior in which someone intentionally and repeatedly causes another person injury or discomfort
Buried Alive
Burns
Cancer
Cannibalism
the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food
Captivity
Car Accident
Cheating
not always with the H&h, usually happened to H or h and is mentioned in past tense, or happened to their parents
Child Abuse
Child Death
Conversion Therapy
any attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression
Cults
Death
Decapitation
Demons
Depression
Divorce
Drugs
Dysphoria
a state of unease or generalized dissatisfaction with life
Eating Disorder
any of a range of psychological disorders characterized by abnormal or disturbed eating habits
Emotional Abuse
non-physical behaviors that are meant to control, isolate, or frighten you.
Food Shaming
happens when someone judges or criticizes what another person eats, either intentionally or unintentionally
Fire
Foster Care
Gambling
Gangs
Genocide
the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group
Gun Violence
Grief
deep sorrow, especially that caused by someone’s death
Hallucinations
an experience involving the apparent perception of something not present
Hate Crimes
a crime, typically one involving violence, that is motivated by prejudice on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation, or other grounds
Hazing
the imposition of strenuous, often humiliating, tasks as part of a program of rigorous physical training and initiation
Homelessness
Homophobia
dislike of or prejudice against gay people
Hospitalization
admission to hospital for treatment
Hostages
Incarceration
the state of being confined in prison; imprisonment
Incest
sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other
Infertility
Not getting pregnant despite having carefully timed, unprotected sex for one year
Kidnapping
Mental Illness
A wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior
Military Service & Deployment
Miscarriage
The spontaneous loss of a woman’s pregnancy before the 20th week that can be both physically and emotionally painful
Mugging
Murder
Needles
Nightmares & Night Terrors
feelings of great fear experienced on suddenly waking in the night
Non-Consensual Photo Sharing
refers to the sharing or distribution of sexual, intimate, nude, or semi-nude photographs or videos of you without your permission
Occult
supernatural, mystical, or magical beliefs, practices, or phenomena
OCD
short for obsessive-compulsive disorder-excessive thoughts (obsessions) that lead to repetitive behaviors (compulsions)
Organized Crime
a continuing criminal enterprise that rationally works to profit from illicit activities that are often in great public demand
Overdose
Panic Attacks
Sudden episode of intense fear or anxiety and physical symptoms, based on a perceived threat rather than imminent danger
Paralysis
Pedophilia
sexual feelings directed toward children
Perfectionism
the need to be or appear to be perfect, or even to believe that it’s possible to achieve perfection
Phobias
an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something
Physical Abuse
Plague
Plane Crash
Poisoning
Police Brutality
Pregnancy
Prostitution
PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder-a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event — either experiencing it or witnessing it
Racism
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against a person or people on the basis of their membership in a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized
Rape
Religion
Satan/The Devil
School Shooting
Seizures
a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain
Self-Harm
a change from emotional pain into physical pain
Sex Trafficking
the action or practice of illegally transporting people from one country or area to another for the purpose of sexual exploitation
Sexism
prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex
Sexual Abuse
is sexual behavior or a sexual act forced upon a woman, man or child without their consent
Sexual Assault
is an act in which one intentionally sexually touches another person without that person’s consent, or coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will
Sexual Harassment
behavior characterized by the making of unwelcome and inappropriate sexual remarks or physical advances in a workplace or other professional or social situation
Slavery
Slut Shaming
the action or fact of stigmatizing a woman for engaging in behavior judged to be promiscuous or sexually provocative
Snakes
Spiders
Stalking
a pattern of behavior directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear
Starvation
suffering or death caused by hunger
Suicide
Terminal Illness
Terrorism
Torture
Violence
War

For a full list of trigger warnings in books, please visit the site below. It provides a longer list of triggers and a list of books with said trigger.

Trigger Warning Database