03-27-2016, 09:57 PM
I hope trigger warnings are a short lived fad. First I heard of this was reading Neil Gaimain's book of short stories with this title, and it was in the intro.
Avoiding the very things that could get people better from difficult experiences is beyond counterproductive, it is indeed what can make people nonfunctional.
PTSD is over diagnosed, under treated at the same time by use of avoidance. People who can face real life will surpass those over coddled, underprepared folks kept safe from the crickets at night.
That being said, I hate spiders so I would appreciate a trigger warning before someone posts a picture of the same.
One day, I had a huge spider on my arm, no warning...long story. Survived.
(Addendum: I sought ought things like this as a yute to see what they didn't want me to.... I got nothing out of it but was a proud owner of The Anarchist Cookbook in high school)
Avoiding the very things that could get people better from difficult experiences is beyond counterproductive, it is indeed what can make people nonfunctional.
PTSD is over diagnosed, under treated at the same time by use of avoidance. People who can face real life will surpass those over coddled, underprepared folks kept safe from the crickets at night.
That being said, I hate spiders so I would appreciate a trigger warning before someone posts a picture of the same.
One day, I had a huge spider on my arm, no warning...long story. Survived.
(Addendum: I sought ought things like this as a yute to see what they didn't want me to.... I got nothing out of it but was a proud owner of The Anarchist Cookbook in high school)