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Re: Trigger 'Trigger' » Sigismund

Posted by Tamar on August 13, 2007, at 18:18:38

In reply to Trigger 'Trigger', posted by Sigismund on August 13, 2007, at 14:56:01

> My (hopeful) guess is that you don't understand triggers because they are such nonsense. But hang on. It seems I'm triggered by 'triggers'. Perhaps it's the cloud of moral seriousness that surrounds them? I'd never heard of them until what seems like recent times. Was it the (evident?) failure of psychoanalysis and interminable therapy that led someone to dream this schema up? I'll never warm to it. Feels like notifying the administrators to me.

I’m not sure I understand you, and yet I feel upset and anxious. Sorry.

I know I feel very distressed when I feel triggered, and I find trigger warnings very helpful. Trigger warnings give me the opportunity to avoid potentially painful material when I’m feeling vulnerable. I don’t expect everyone to know what triggers me (or anyone else). However, I hope that most people would be willing to be sensitive about the sorts of issues that are likely to trigger vulnerable people: issues like child abuse and sexual assault and suicidality.

It looks to me as if you feel distressed at the idea of trigger warnings, but I don’t understand why or how. Does it feel like you’re being pressured into expressing yourself in a particular way? Or that your views on triggery issues aren’t respected? Or something else?

And is my response the sort of thing you mean by ‘moral seriousness’? I don’t really know what you meant by that.

Sorry that I didn’t understand you.

Tamar


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