What do you think about Trigger Warnings

mmmmmmmm.... yus, you and I get along on some things

 

A little bit of both. Not everybody is always ready to deal with traumatic thoughts and it's a courtesy. At the same time, we live in a world with bad things and it's unrealistic and unhelpful to think that shielding them from your potentially triggering post will give them comfort.

Personal demons will persist until they are confronted. I've seen some stuff too so I'm not just talking crap. It feels much better to reach acceptance of crazy, awful experiences.

 

I feel like there's a difference between running away from your problems and avoiding possible triggering content until you've successfully had the treatment so that it's not a problem anymore.

 

Oh man, the nuance in this poll is outstanding. :rolle:

Yes, trigger warnings are usually fine in most cases. There are some cases where they are overused, but for the most part they are perfectly sensible. I won't yell at someone for not using trigger warnings but it would be nice to know if a certain show or article has for example, graphic images of rape or other sexual violence. You could say TV and movie ratings are a mild version of a trigger warning.

PREACH.

 

I think trigger warnings are stupid. Every time I read something and the first thing I read is "TRIGGER WARNING!" I want to beat whoever wrote that to a pulp. The only types of people I see who write it are weak and don't know how to deal with their problems.

 

I disagree. I have seen many people who are well grounded in reality and think that trigger warnings are fine. I've also seen people who are not well grounded in reality who tell people like victims of sexual assault, violence, bullying, etc, to "stop being such a fucking pussy and get over it" (I've heard this numerous times about people talking to an acquaintance who had been sexually harassed at work). That sentiment can be just as harmful to someone as over nurturing them. You have to strike a balance, and that's what the people at the far end of both spectrums on this issue do not understand.

That's a bit of a hasty generalisation about people who use trigger warnings, as well as a very untrue notion that people who prefer trigger warnings do not know how to deal with their problems.

 

I think they meant the answers are too extreme. You can agree with their presence without thinking they should be used everywhere, can generally disagree without saying they're terrible, and anyone who doesn't care probably won't bother to vote. :lol:

 

This. Like my answer: I generally think they're okay but can sometimes be too extreme. None of the poll options accurately reflect my answer. An "other" option is always a good idea if people have very nuanced answers on a touchy subject, and it helps get rid of a lot of polls with 20 answers.

I'm sure you wouldn't. Any decent human being wouldn't. But there are a lot of people who think that whenever people don't "man up" and immediately face their problems, they're seen as weak. Trigger warnings don't take away from creativity I don't feel. I've written numerous pieces for posts I've put on here (such as a letter to my past self) as well as pieces of fiction I have wrote that deal with real issues such as shaming, death, and so on. People I showed them to still thought it was very moving, even after being prepared by a trigger warning. In fact, my English teacher said it was one of the heaviest and hard hitting pieces of fiction he had read.

 

I haven't really seen trigger warnings often, but it seems people always talk about them. I've seen maybe 1-2 in my entire life and at least one of those was here, I think. Where is everybody else seeing them? From what it sounds like, they seem a bit a silly and are probably overused. For example, I think they might be appropriate in some extreme cases.

 

I think a little warning is fine. You don't have to say "This book/post/excerpt contains rape", for example, you could mention it has traumatizing elements, if your concern is not to totally prepare people for your content.

Really, I don't see a problem with trigger warnings themselves, only those who go overboard with them. I can understand, again, rape being something that makes you uncomfortable, or perhaps animal cruelty isn't your cup of tea. Sexual material or vulgarity, too, are understandable as well in not liking.

However, if you have a trigger warning that says:

"Calling me out when I insult you", that's pushing it. That special treatment nonsense is what, really, needs to be addressed. The hiding behind cherry-picked conditions and self-diagnosis without making an effort to do anything about it. Now, I do understand, some folks have had events in their lives that, quite frankly, they would rather not be reminded of. But there is a difference in, say, surviving sexual abuse verses getting mad when you aren't referred to as 'sprout' as your pronoun.

Of course, I remember a time when "Trigger Warnings" were called "Not Safe For Work (NSFW)" or "Spoilers". Perhaps I'm getting old...

 

I have no problem with trigger warnings. My problems rest in people who say they won't use them because people who do need them, in their eyes, are a bunch of sensitive little whiners who don't know how to function in the real world. I also don't take kindly to people who use "trigger warnings" as an excuse to be an asshole, such as the Youtuber Onision who uses them to defend his "shock humor"; such as trivializing rape and terrorism because South Park does it.

 

I think that you're being unfair to people who suffer trauma. Sometimes people need space. They are also not at a place in their healing process that we can predict. Finally, I'm not sure that I feel comfortable with you telling everyone else how they need to heal.