Trigger warnings are actually detrimental to mental health as enunciated in this Atlantic article: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddl

Trigger warnings are actually detrimental to mental health as enunciated in this Atlantic article: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-coddling-of-the-american-mind/399356/ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/09/the-codd... Anxiety, for instance can be alleviated by exposure to the source of fear. Education needs something similar to cognitive behavioral therapy, with emphasis on evidence rather than the emotion-based trigger warnings.