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It seems like encouraging people to identify with their trauma is what's harmful: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/trigger-warnings-fail-to-h

It seems like encouraging people to identify with their trauma is what's harmful: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/trigger-warnings-fail-to-help.html https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/trigger-w... Identifying positive traits in people diagnosed with mental illness - and resiliency would be one of them - seems to have a positive impact: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17522439.2014.925485 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17522439.2014.9... Corroborating this is the fact that exposure therapy, which implicitly assumes that the patient does have resiliency, has been found to be an effective treatment for a number of psychological disorders: https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exposure-therapy#:~:text=The%20exposure%20to%20the%20feared,Panic%20Disorder https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exp...

cutemonster 6y ago
Interesting links, thanks. I like the "encourage resiliency"mindset. You seem to have in mind people who experienced something traumatic in the past, and/or are fearful of sth. I wonder if things like bipolar or borderline or OCD or depression or schizophrenia didn't occur to you? Then there's not always any past trauma to be resilient against? > should also be told that, in the end, it's just data, and how they react to other people becoming privy to it is something they can exert control over This data can in some cases get them fired from a job, or bullied, and more, I think it's not true that it's just data -- it's more like a threat.
- CryptoPunk 6y ago
  You're most welcome. >>I wonder if things like bipolar or borderline or OCD or depression or schizophrenia didn't occur to you? Then there's not always any past trauma to be resilient against? Well, there is evidence for exposure therapy being effective for many disorders, including several that you mention. From this link above https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exposure-therapy#:~:text=The%20exposure%20to%20the%20feared,Panic%20Disorder https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exp... Exposure therapy has been scientifically demonstrated to be a helpful treatment or treatment component for a range of problems, including: Phobias Panic Disorder Social Anxiety Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder >>This data can in some cases get them fired from a job, or bullied, and more, Yes that is true. However, there is presumably nothing illegal admitted in these therapy sessions, and I think termination of employment for what was said within one would be grounds for a wrongful termination suit. Being bullied, hated, etc is a different matter, but I think is something that someone is better able to withstand with the right mindset than losing a job. I'm not suggesting that the damage from this disclosure can be neutralized completely, by any stretch of the imagination. Just that it can perhaps be blunted with these kinds of reassurances that the victims can in fact survive this.
  - cutemonster 6y ago
    > I'm not suggesting that ... Just that it can perhaps be blunted with ... Ok, thanks for explaining

cutemonster 6y ago

Interesting links, thanks. I like the "encourage resiliency"mindset. You seem to have in mind people who experienced something traumatic in the past, and/or are fearful of sth. I wonder if things like bipolar or borderline or OCD or depression or schizophrenia didn't occur to you? Then there's not always any past trauma to be resilient against? > should also be told that, in the end, it's just data, and how they react to other people becoming privy to it is something they can exert control over This data can in some cases get them fired from a job, or bullied, and more, I think it's not true that it's just data -- it's more like a threat.

CryptoPunk 6y ago
You're most welcome. >>I wonder if things like bipolar or borderline or OCD or depression or schizophrenia didn't occur to you? Then there's not always any past trauma to be resilient against? Well, there is evidence for exposure therapy being effective for many disorders, including several that you mention. From this link above https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exposure-therapy#:~:text=The%20exposure%20to%20the%20feared,Panic%20Disorder https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/patients-and-families/exp... Exposure therapy has been scientifically demonstrated to be a helpful treatment or treatment component for a range of problems, including: Phobias Panic Disorder Social Anxiety Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder >>This data can in some cases get them fired from a job, or bullied, and more, Yes that is true. However, there is presumably nothing illegal admitted in these therapy sessions, and I think termination of employment for what was said within one would be grounds for a wrongful termination suit. Being bullied, hated, etc is a different matter, but I think is something that someone is better able to withstand with the right mindset than losing a job. I'm not suggesting that the damage from this disclosure can be neutralized completely, by any stretch of the imagination. Just that it can perhaps be blunted with these kinds of reassurances that the victims can in fact survive this.
- cutemonster 6y ago
  > I'm not suggesting that ... Just that it can perhaps be blunted with ... Ok, thanks for explaining