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AshennJuan t1_iuayi61 wrote

People gotta grow out of trigger warnings... If the mere mention of something affects your mood that severely the solution is therapy, not just avoiding the topic for the rest of your fucking life.

Just my opinion.

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Yeezyhampton t1_iuazwcj wrote

I agree. I do think it's great that sites like doesthedogdie exist, but therapy is the answer here.

A few semesters ago I read that trigger warnings actually do more harm than good for readers with triggers

Edit: I believe I found the source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2167702620921341

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Th4ab t1_iub2dpz wrote

I understand someone might see a warning and not watch or read something that further explores that subject in detail because that would be emotionally overwhelming. But this is kind of like making a speed bump to warn about a speed bump ahead. You just have 2 speed bumps now.

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jamesneysmith t1_iub4q7d wrote

First if all therapy is not always so simply sought given how expensive it it. But secondly a lot of people are actively in therapy which can sometimes take a long time before a person can live comfortably without side effects or sometimes never live without any side effects. Things can still trigger these people. And during this time of therapy and treatment they are generally speaking still living their lives and doing things like watching movies. So I think you should be more open minded to the idea of trigger warnings. It's not all overly sensitive people crying for attention. Many many people have actual traumatic or otherwise experiences that they are actively trying to heal from.

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AshennJuan t1_iub5xfw wrote

I understand your point but I still find it counterproductive. I understand everyone's different but I resolved my childhood trauma through therapy without avoiding any triggers. When I felt "triggered" I talked myself through the situation and reminded myself of the realities - you're not actually back there reliving it and it's normal to feel this way when you're reminded of a traumatic event. You breathe, remind yourself you're okay, and carry on. It took a long time but I'm now completely at peace with my past and present and nothing in a movie is gonna dislodge my mental stability because I worked through it fairly healthily, one step at a time and didn't run from my fear. But again, everyone is different and if they help some people get through when they otherwise couldn't then all power to them, but I see far too many people leaning on TWs like a personality trait. Get help, people.

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SoullessDad t1_iub3yd2 wrote

Counterpoint: Trigger warnings allow you to avoid something you simply cannot deal with. Therapy helps you become able to deal with it. Each has a role that the other cannot solve.

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Scarletyoshi t1_iuaznoy wrote

Why? It’s easy to just ignore the existence of trigger warnings if one doesn’t need or want them.

If something as small as a few keywords helps other people navigate life then more power to them. If only more of life’s problems could be solved so easily with no harm to anyone else.

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AshennJuan t1_iub0zyo wrote

Because if you hide and avoid your issues they just fester under the surface and become harder to resolve until you finally break. It causes more harm than good.

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jamesneysmith t1_iub5mcb wrote

And that is the most armchair psychologist way of looking at trauma. Everyone is going to react differently and also require a different treatment plan in order to best heal. Simply saying suck it up is so mind-numbingly lunkheaded it's literally thinking from a different century. How about we let the therapists and clients figure out how to best treat trauma and if that means adhering to trigger warnings for a time then what's the harm to anyone else.

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AshennJuan t1_iub6130 wrote

I never said to simply suck it up, but go ahead and put words in my mouth. Smh

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Reach-Unhappy t1_iuazzcs wrote

I think you were triggered by my trigger warnings. Maybe grow out of that.

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AshennJuan t1_iub0ne5 wrote

That's a mature take. You sure showed me.

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Reach-Unhappy t1_iub27q5 wrote

My opinion is triggers are there to give people an option, when there is an option available, to subject themselves to opening old wounds caused by those triggers. I never said to avoid it. I never said counseling wouldn't help. I simply watched a movie that actually triggered me, and I never get triggered. So I was trying to be helpful. Nothing was mature or helpful about your opinion.

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AshennJuan t1_iub2nyk wrote

My point is if you're that hung up on past issues that you saw a movie and it legitimately triggered you - you've got some work to do, and if you run the other direction every time it's mentioned you are literally hindering that work. You need to go talk to your therapist, not Reddit.

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