Posted by Larry Hoover on June 7, 2006, at 10:26:28
In reply to Re: Look. Not to be cruel. » curtm, posted by Tamar on June 7, 2006, at 1:53:15
> I can't speak for others, but exposure never helps me work with it unless the exposure is planned in advance and I've prepared myself. And even then, something that triggers me a lot can be very hard to face.
You did speak for me, when you said that.
Babble is a supportive community. My guard goes down, in proportion to the support. It's my natural reaction, given the atmosphere. I think Bob has achieved something not found anywhere else in the world. That's my opinion of it.
Imagine you're walking down the street, sunny day, window shopping. You pass a bakery, and you see butter tarts in the window. Happy warm thoughts come to mind. Temptation. Issues of self worth. Good issues, of self worth. A moment later, you saunter off, still not sure if you will, or not.
In the next storefront is a huge movie screen, facing the street, filling the entire window. And on that screen are scenes of incredible violence, and suffering. Real people, in real distress.
There could be any sort of reaction to this. But I've lost my ability to choose. I could'a crossed the street, ya know? Gone the other way.
I don't ask that people who participate in the world in a different way than I do to change anything at all, except to add notice. It is commonplace, every day, to see warning notices. Real triggers need real notices.
It's on a continuum, what's a trigger. We *always* warn of high voltage electricity, even if it's behind seemingly impenetrable fencing and barbed wire. We give much more moderate notices about wall sockets, with their smaller electrical potential. We might let a baby hold a battery, under our careful gaze.
You can't watch TV, during the evening hours, without seeing notices. About the very thing I'm talking about here.
A trigger flag is notice.
Lar
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