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In general people want trigger warnings for the more obvious things. So, content that delves deeply into abuse, assault and the like.
by flogic 11y ago
In general people want trigger warnings for the more obvious things. So, content that delves deeply into abuse, assault and the like.
- dragonwriter 11y agoI don't think that there.is any evidence that "the more obvious things" are actually common triggers (on the PTSD sense); there common sources of offense to that works on a more conscious level, but AFAIK that's almost completely unrelated to the mechanisms involved in triggering, even when the subjects involved relate to the source of trauma; it seems more hijacking the very real idea of triggering related to traumatic experience as a means of asserting a privilege against offense. Now, personalized trigger warnings in a context where particular individuals are known to be sensitive to particular things as triggers make a lot of sense, but AFAICT generalized trigger warnings have no valid basis in anything that has to do with actual triggering, and those pushing them trivialize real trauma-related conditions.