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Wow, this is completely different than my understanding and viewing trigger warnings being used. They were used to simply say "hey I'm going to talk about this,
by SolaceQuantum 11y ago
Wow, this is completely different than my understanding and viewing trigger warnings being used. They were used to simply say "hey I'm going to talk about this, if you don't like it you might wanna leave, I'll let you know when I'm done".
Could you explain further some examples of trigger warnings IRL that you've dealt with, because I assume there aren't widespread studies about this sort of thing and you seem to have a vastly different experience than mine. I'd like to understand it.
- ihavedna 11y agoA lot of these conversations about these concepts seems to me to be made by people who have 1) never been triggered emotionally in a situation, public or private, 2) have never actually participated in safe space discussions. Outsider perception/view. The discussion is primarily about how people perceive the idea of a safe space over the actual experience of it. I don't think it's very useful, it just reinforces peoples' perceptions of others without actually engaging with those peoples and concepts/experiences directly.
- marrs 11y agoEveryone has been triggered emotionally in a situation. I can't believe that anyone can even get through childhood without experiencing an emotional trigger of some sort. I think we can all relate to this. As for safe spaces, this is fine if we're talking about a room at university, but if we're talking about making a university itself a "safe space" then forget about it. It's a public place where people have to live their lives.