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Do you disagree that someone who’s gone through something traumatic _off_ the battlefield (sexual abuse for example) could develop PTSD?
by jjj123 5y ago
Do you disagree that someone who’s gone through something traumatic _off_ the battlefield (sexual abuse for example) could develop PTSD?
- blitz_skull 5y agoI don’t think there’s a realistic situation where reading the name “J.K. Rowling” should ever cause someone to lose their shit a lá PTSD.
- AlexandrB 5y agoNo one ever said it could! The article the medium post complains about called it a "content warning" not a "trigger warning". The "trigger" terminology was used by the medium post's author, setting up a bit of a straw man. However GP was arguing that any use of "trigger" outside of military trauma is appropriation, which is what your parent was arguing against.
- KarlKemp 5y agoSo they are picking the weakest examples to make a point they are applying to the whole category. By that logic, guinea pigs are terribly dangerous because, one time, someone stepped on one, fell, and hit their head.