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The controversy that surrounds trigger warnings
Interesting viewpoint.
http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2016/05/the-controversy-that-surrounds-trigger-warnings.html
People have different capabilities to cope with stress. I mean no disrespect in the following sentence: Some people have never learned how to deal with themselves. They dont know what to do when they feel angry or sad or frustrated. No one ever taught them what to do with those emotional energies. They have a skills deficit.
Thus, for some people, the best way theyve learned to take care of themselves is to ask for trigger warnings. That strategy has worked for them and, as a consequence, they continue to use it. The feeling of empowerment is much preferable to feelings of discomfort.
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The request for trigger warnings may not represent a need for coddling. It may reflect a need for greater validation. When we feel like no one understands where were coming from or what weve experienced, sometimes we try harder to make others listen to us with hopes that they will then understand us.
As social creatures, we build our identities in relation to others. Context matters. Perhaps the request for trigger warnings is a reaction to the limited support and acknowledgment we received when we experienced trauma. This is an opportunity to not only advocate for ourselves, but also to advocate for others who may still feel uncomfortable expressing their own distress. Feeling empowered is much preferable to feeling uncomfortable.
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The controversy that surrounds trigger warnings (Original Post)
shrike
May 2016
OP
go to a VA ward and tell them how it's all about just not dealing with themselves, skill defects
Person 2713
May 2016
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Person 2713
(3,263 posts)1. go to a VA ward and tell them how it's all about just not dealing with themselves, skill defects
I have my opinion about which side of the trigger warning controversy has all the cowards who can't deal with themselves or others
Nitram
(22,981 posts)2. I'm sorry, Person, what sort of trigger warnings do vets in VA wards need?
I'm not being sarcastic, I really don't understand your point.
polly7
(20,582 posts)3. I don't agree.
I know that I've put images on this site that I've tried to warn about beforehand - but sometimes didn't and was rightly called on it. Working with the ambulance, I've seen almost everything and often forget that what doesn't bother me, bothers others. We don't know who has been through what here, or anything else about them - including what may 'trigger' past events or memories that could just send them deeper into depression, anxiety or even worse.
My trigger in real life is screaming. I can't handle it.