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> Safe from what? From unintentionally re-living a traumatic experience (a rape). PTSD is real and often effects rape victims. Warnings can help victims mental
by nmrm2 11y ago
> Safe from what?
From unintentionally re-living a traumatic experience (a rape). PTSD is real and often effects rape victims. Warnings can help victims mentally prepare themselves before difficult discussions. E.g. some soldiers with PTSD can sometimes uncomfortably sit through fireworks displays, but will have a panic attack if a firework goes of unexpectedly.
> ...would turn into a rape gang. I can't, for the life of me, imagine a scenario where the student would rationally feel unsafe in the classroom.
Asking why someone with PTSD can't just not feel unsafe is like asking why someone with autism can't just act normal.
- moron4hire 11y agoTo be clear, I understand that "it's all in your head" is not a valid response to phobias, depression, PTSD, etc. I do know that they are real problems for people and they don't just go away when someone says "walk it off". But if there is no real danger, in the physical world, that defines it as an irrational fear, a phobia. Are we going to put trigger warnings on anything involving dogs, water, heights, spiders, narrow spaces, open spaces, or clowns? Which phobias are the suffer's responsibility and which are societies? We might, and should, choose to be considerate. But it should be in the realm of social norms and manners, not codified regulation and law.
- nmrm2 11y agoSee my post in this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9565576 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9565576