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I read the wikipedia you linked, specifically about trigger warnings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_trigger#Trigger_warnings https://en.wikipedia.org/wik

by jotux 10y ago

I read the wikipedia you linked, specifically about trigger warnings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_trigger#Trigger_warnings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_trigger#Trigger_warning... But your statement: > They're to prevent panic attacks. Seems to counter the arguments in the link: > Richard J. McNally, a Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, while writing for Pacific Standard,[13] discussed the merit of trigger warnings noting that "Trigger warnings are designed to help survivors avoid reminders of their trauma, thereby preventing emotional discomfort. Yet avoidance reinforces PTSD. Conversely, systematic exposure to triggers and the memories they provoke is the most effective means of overcoming the disorder" while citing several academic studies conducted on PTSD sufferers.

artmageddon 10y ago
> Yet avoidance reinforces PTSD. Conversely, systematic exposure to triggers and the memories they provoke is the most effective means of overcoming the disorder" while citing several academic studies conducted on PTSD sufferers. Right, but I'd assume this is probably done in small increments or doses? A person who's finding themselves exposed to said triggers may not be able to control how much of it they get in certain situations, which could arguably leave them off worse after the event.
bmm6o 10y ago
There's a difference between exposure therapy (conducted with a trained therapist or just in a deliberate self-directed way), and having a panic attack in the middle of your day because of an unexpected stimulus.
tedks 10y ago
That's probably very easy for a rich white man to say. If you have no reason to use a safe space, and are bothered by being considerate to people who have had to live entire lifetimes of oppression for their gender, race, religion, sexuality, etc., it's very easy to be dismissive of basic progressivism in such a way. But it's 2016, and the new generation that is coming to power is going to do away with the concept of universities as institutionalized rub-your-nose-in-it factories of oppression, sexual assault, white supremacy, and similar. You can go kicking and screaming into the future, or you can be on the right side of history. It's only up to you, but there will be consequences, as always, to getting this wrong.
- nikcheerla 10y ago
  This comment scares me in a way I can't really put my finger on. Maybe it's the implicit assumption that oppression outweighs everything else – i.e someone who is black ipso facto lives a worse life than someone who is white, disregarding all other factors. I feel like if a critical majority of people actually believed that all colleges were just "factories of oppression, sexual assault, and white supremacy", then we'd have some kind of civil war.
  - r_smart 10y ago
    The other implication of this that never gets acknowledged: If modern US colleges are all these horrible things and widely known to be left leaning, then why are the students mostly all leftists? Isn't there something rotten in the institution if it aligns with you ideologically and yet is an engine of the oppression you rail against?
- jotux 10y ago
  His comment was specifically talking about treatment of PTSD and anxiety disorders. But I guess since he's white his conclusion, based on studies, is invalid?

by jotux 10y ago

artmageddon 10y ago

> Yet avoidance reinforces PTSD. Conversely, systematic exposure to triggers and the memories they provoke is the most effective means of overcoming the disorder" while citing several academic studies conducted on PTSD sufferers. Right, but I'd assume this is probably done in small increments or doses? A person who's finding themselves exposed to said triggers may not be able to control how much of it they get in certain situations, which could arguably leave them off worse after the event.

bmm6o 10y ago

There's a difference between exposure therapy (conducted with a trained therapist or just in a deliberate self-directed way), and having a panic attack in the middle of your day because of an unexpected stimulus.

tedks 10y ago

That's probably very easy for a rich white man to say. If you have no reason to use a safe space, and are bothered by being considerate to people who have had to live entire lifetimes of oppression for their gender, race, religion, sexuality, etc., it's very easy to be dismissive of basic progressivism in such a way. But it's 2016, and the new generation that is coming to power is going to do away with the concept of universities as institutionalized rub-your-nose-in-it factories of oppression, sexual assault, white supremacy, and similar. You can go kicking and screaming into the future, or you can be on the right side of history. It's only up to you, but there will be consequences, as always, to getting this wrong.

nikcheerla 10y ago
This comment scares me in a way I can't really put my finger on. Maybe it's the implicit assumption that oppression outweighs everything else – i.e someone who is black ipso facto lives a worse life than someone who is white, disregarding all other factors. I feel like if a critical majority of people actually believed that all colleges were just "factories of oppression, sexual assault, and white supremacy", then we'd have some kind of civil war.
- r_smart 10y ago
  The other implication of this that never gets acknowledged: If modern US colleges are all these horrible things and widely known to be left leaning, then why are the students mostly all leftists? Isn't there something rotten in the institution if it aligns with you ideologically and yet is an engine of the oppression you rail against?
jotux 10y ago
His comment was specifically talking about treatment of PTSD and anxiety disorders. But I guess since he's white his conclusion, based on studies, is invalid?