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DarthDregan t1_j9ky7gd wrote

Reply to comment by TeazieBreezie in Trigger warnings by TeazieBreezie

So poop is as serious for you as rape? It triggers phobic level anxiety to see the word "poop?"

(You typed it up there so I hope I'm not overstepping)

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TeazieBreezie OP t1_j9kyerb wrote

What? I don’t need trigger warnings. But feces play definitely requires a trigger warning (think Ninth House for example)

I’m looking for trigger warnings for other people

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Curious_Star_ t1_j9kynpj wrote

You literally said poop is one of your triggers though

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TeazieBreezie OP t1_j9kyuy9 wrote

It is, and again, it can and does need a trigger warning sometimes

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Curious_Star_ t1_j9kz8z6 wrote

So…back to the other person’s question. Poop is as serious to you as rape? I get that people can have really random and weird triggers so idk, maybe it is to you, but people nowadays do like to label literally ANYTHING as a “trigger” when actually what they mean is “this thing makes me ever so slightly uncomfortable.” Those are two different things.

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TeazieBreezie OP t1_j9kzo0d wrote

You’re confusing the gravity of a situation with whether it triggers someone or not.

Nowhere did I say that poop is worse than rape. That is such a weird take-away to me.

I said “these are the only things that trigger me” because they’re obscure aka I’ve never cared about them being listed before.

I am asking for sites to help me find stuff for other people, not me.

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Curious_Star_ t1_j9l0o1f wrote

You’re still not properly answering the other commenter’s questions. They were just confused about how poop is a trigger for you since triggers are usually more serious things like sexual assault or other violence. You said trigger warnings ARE only for serious things but then continued to talk about how you need a trigger warning for poop. See why we’re confused?

Like I said, I know that sometimes people have really weird triggers that wouldn’t be thought of as triggering at all to someone else, so if it genuinely is a trigger for you, I’m sorry. But it seems like you just don’t like reading about it instead of it being an actual trigger.

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Eco_Blurb t1_j9l0gj0 wrote

I think OP just doesn’t really understand what a trigger is and what it means. Which is ok, everyone has to start somewhere. But I think OP should have said that they do not get triggered and stopped it there. They get a bit grossed out at certain things — unless they have PTSD from maggots and poop which I doubt it

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sept_douleurs t1_j9l1el6 wrote

To play Devil’s advocate: one very well could have PTSD triggered by those things if those things were involved in their traumatic experience. Triggers can get incredibly specific—someone might have PTSD triggered by the scent of body wash their abusive ex used or by the song that was playing on the radio right before a near fatal car crash, even though neither m of those things are remotely bad in and of themselves.

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TeazieBreezie OP t1_j9l0oua wrote

Wow. First and last time I seek advice from r/books. Y’all rude as hell

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