notsurewheretoturn
MyPTSD Pro
I tend to ignore trigger warnings, reading them as this will/may trigger the writer not the reader.
Everyones triggers are different and every trigger has a different impact level. Some days I can deal with them, others I can’t, but then everyones trauma is different, so whose to say what will trigger someone else. Car crash trauma is not the same as rape trauma and a soldiers trauma will not be the same as a civilians, so unless we give everything a trigger warning, we cannot say whats going to be a trigger. There are just too many variables.
And if I know I’m feeling sensitive that day, I just avoid the post which I don’t think I’ll be able to handle until I am feeling strong enough to deal with any triggers which may be in there. I don’t want to be wrapped in emotional or mental cotton wool, it doesn’t help anything.
Everyones triggers are different and every trigger has a different impact level. Some days I can deal with them, others I can’t, but then everyones trauma is different, so whose to say what will trigger someone else. Car crash trauma is not the same as rape trauma and a soldiers trauma will not be the same as a civilians, so unless we give everything a trigger warning, we cannot say whats going to be a trigger. There are just too many variables.
And if I know I’m feeling sensitive that day, I just avoid the post which I don’t think I’ll be able to handle until I am feeling strong enough to deal with any triggers which may be in there. I don’t want to be wrapped in emotional or mental cotton wool, it doesn’t help anything.