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What "trigger warnings" mean to me.
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<blockquote data-quote="Genersis" data-source="post: 71984788" data-attributes="member: 293255"><p>The issue of trigger warnings has always seemed pretty pointless to me.</p><p>Also, kind of irritating when people come forward, or instances are referenced where they were useful, or could have been, but are then told most people who want trigger warning don't need them, so opposing them is still right.</p><p></p><p>The anti-warning argument seems to be exactly the same line of reasoning that leads to mental health stigmas and outright mental health denialism.</p><p></p><p>It's difficult to understand how other peoples' minds work but rejecting so many other peoples experiences out of hand as exaggerations and over-sensitivity isn't helpful or humane:</p><p>"I think depression is awful, but most people who claim to be depressed are oversensitive, just feeling a little sad and need to get over it."</p><p></p><p>"I think PTSD is awful, but most people who claim to need trigger warnings are oversensitive liberals who need to get over their entitlement."</p><p></p><p>Is it really so entitled to have a short warning for people with PTSD(affects 8 in 100), like the ones for people with photosensitive epilepsy(affects 3 in 10,000)?</p><p>We can argue about how common triggering is, but isn't it better to be safe than sorry when dealing with trauma? Especially as such warnings may also be handy for general audiences too.</p><p></p><p>The Pan European Game Information organisation does something like this when rating games, similar simple systems could be used elsewhere when appropriate.</p><p><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M8P1ssRW4dU/TNfNhlkq8yI/AAAAAAAAAFo/BsroK3QhIr8/s1600/PEGI+content+warnings.bmp" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p>Short, sweet, and can be easily ignored by people disinterested/actively aggravated by such warnings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Genersis, post: 71984788, member: 293255"] The issue of trigger warnings has always seemed pretty pointless to me. Also, kind of irritating when people come forward, or instances are referenced where they were useful, or could have been, but are then told most people who want trigger warning don't need them, so opposing them is still right. The anti-warning argument seems to be exactly the same line of reasoning that leads to mental health stigmas and outright mental health denialism. It's difficult to understand how other peoples' minds work but rejecting so many other peoples experiences out of hand as exaggerations and over-sensitivity isn't helpful or humane: "I think depression is awful, but most people who claim to be depressed are oversensitive, just feeling a little sad and need to get over it." "I think PTSD is awful, but most people who claim to need trigger warnings are oversensitive liberals who need to get over their entitlement." Is it really so entitled to have a short warning for people with PTSD(affects 8 in 100), like the ones for people with photosensitive epilepsy(affects 3 in 10,000)? We can argue about how common triggering is, but isn't it better to be safe than sorry when dealing with trauma? Especially as such warnings may also be handy for general audiences too. The Pan European Game Information organisation does something like this when rating games, similar simple systems could be used elsewhere when appropriate. [IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_M8P1ssRW4dU/TNfNhlkq8yI/AAAAAAAAAFo/BsroK3QhIr8/s1600/PEGI+content+warnings.bmp[/IMG] Short, sweet, and can be easily ignored by people disinterested/actively aggravated by such warnings. [/QUOTE]
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