[ SECRET POST #2286 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2286 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

It's not the world's job to make sure no one is ever triggered. If someone is triggered by random things that don't fall under the major clusters of things that everyone is triggered by, that sucks for them, but it's not something that they can claim they deserve protection from. And unfortunately, common usage has turned "trigger" into "something I deserve to be protected from" rather than "something that really powerfully induces flashbacks/panic/etc which is my own problem that I need to find a way to deal with."

[(Anonymous)]

But everyone who has the "common" triggers deserves to be protected from them and they're not "something that really powerfully induces flashbacks/panic/etc which is my own problem that I need to find a way to deal with."?

Because that is exactly the problem people have been trying to address here. A trigger isn't common, you dismiss it as not as bad as all those others. It's just something that they need to "get over".

Added to that is the problem that ANY ONE of those issues handled as "common triggers" can manifest in many other triggers. It's not just "the fact" of rape or abuse or self-harm, but also sights, sounds, scents, words, phrases that can be triggering.

Do these people still just need to get over it? After all their cause falls under your "accepted" list.

[dazzledfirestar]

They don't need to just "get over it" but they (and everyone else) need to take some responsibility and self police a little.

And in the OP's case, talk to their friend about it. Say "Look this is really troublesome and really bothers me. Could you please stop?"

You can't avoid triggering someone if you don't know you're causing harm. Communication would help everyone in cases like this.