To change Dasani’s behavior, the team at Hershey must identify her triggers—any thoughts, words, or actions that cause her to lose control. It does not help that Dasani hates the word “trigger,” which makes her think of gunfire. The word is, in and of itself, a trigger. It disrupts the peace of Hershey, where “you don’t hear no gunshots.” It takes Dasani back to Brooklyn’s streets. Yet in both places, her “trigger” is the same.
