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[case]

Ok, just a general announcement.

ONE, "trigger warnings" are for COMMON triggers only. Things like talk of rape, abuse, child abuse, eating disorders, self-harm, serious drug use, and suicide are common triggers. Less common ones are homo/transphobia/gender dysphoria, blood, needles, knives -- or traumatic events (Holocaust, genocides, earthquakes, 9/11, you know what I'm talking about). Gender identity is not a common trigger. Food is not a common trigger. Mudkips (mudkips, really?) are not a common trigger. Someone just gave me a secret with a trigger warning listed for a whole movie. No. You are doing triggers wrong.

TWO, RFTM. Or the FAQs, at least.
They're right here: http://community.livejournal.com/fandomsecrets/104153.html
- Why isn't my secret up!?!? Question 4.
- Why is the subs post closed!?!? Question 9.
- How come my second secret got posted before the first!? Is it lost!?!? Question 7.
- HOW DOES I JOINED!? IT'S THE FIRST QUESTION.

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That's it. (:

Comments

[case]

Hey, where'd I say food can't be triggering? All I said was

A) you can't compare alcoholism and drug-abuse to eating disorders because they don't work the same way.

B) specific foods are not common enough triggers to be common triggers, and food-in-general is way too common to warn for.

[(Anonymous)]

don't tell me how EDs work. i've been struggling with mine longer than you have been alive. addiction to food is the same as any other addiction, only you CANNOT EVER KICK IT COMPLETELY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO EAT EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE TO STAY ALIVE.

i'm done. you're clearly ignorant and wish to remain so.

[case]

...ok

[(Anonymous)]

Different anon, and you're right, technophile.

FOOD is too common of a THING, let alone a trigger. How do people watch any television show or movie or go to the mall. Food is everywhere.

People with really specific triggers need to get a friend to preview the comm for them or something.

[saramiskismet.livejournal.com]

Food is not something you can avoid. Even people with food addictions do have to encounter food if they want to, like, survive. Alcoholics do not have to encounter food, nor is it in their natural environment on a daily basis. Are they both addictions? Yes. Do the triggers work similarly in regular life? Not so much. They're addictions which require wholly different approaches to overcome.