I didn't even realize what some of my triggers were until Mersino put it in front of me. It has led me to look back at certain situations and realize that there are certain triggers for my emotional distress. Many of the emotional breakdowns I had were because I didn't understand where another person might be coming from. Some of the emotional triggers mentioned that resonated with me were: moods and attitudes of others, pre-thought, rumination, and perceived criticism. I have to agree that these lists of things are what trigger me and I feel like if a lot of people saw the list they would probably notice a lot of their triggers too. The chapter went into more detail about each trigger and why they might occur. A light bulb went off in my mind where I thought of almost every situation that could have been caused by each situation. A lot of times if someone has a negative attitude, it's like a domino effect. One person's mood can change everyone else's mood. If everyone works poorly and the quality of the project will probably not be up to standard. Even thinking ahead can be horrible, there are times when my bad thing is the reason a certain situation ends badly. I wouldn't want to be a Project Manager and also have a pessimistic attitude