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⌈ Secret Post #2161 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What are triggers?

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To me it means "causing a flashback" or causing a particular deep kind of upset/distress that I associate with my trauma. I don't know how to describe what that feeling is, but it's not just "I didn't like that."

It can also mean something that triggers a compulsion or negative behavior, though. So someone reading about self-harm in a fic or seeing pictures of it might be triggered to self-harm himself, or someone reading about a character's eating disorder might be triggered to purge or not eat, etc.

I think fandom uses it a lot to mean "gives me really bad feelings" and I find that unfortunate.

I also think that fandom, with its culture of warning for triggers, often ignores or overlooks the fact that some people's triggers are the kind of thing that can't be warned for. Like, if someone was raped while a particular song was playing, that song might trigger them -- but this doesn't mean all fanfiction authors should warn when mentioning that song.

I think trigger warnings are a useful courtesy, but I also think people who have triggers sometimes need to take care of ourselves for ourselves, too.