[ SECRET POST #2307 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2307 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

You know expect for with "actual literature" I can read reviews, outside plot summaries, if it has a tv tropes page I can check that out, ask someone at the book store, etc - there are ways for me to find out if this cool steampunk/medievail/sci-fi is going to trigger me. I research the hell out of books and movies before I watch them. This doesn't work for all triggers, no, but it's not like where with fanfic that the only info you might have about the fic is from the author.

TV shows have warnings, movies have warnings. If you don't want to warn then at least tell your readers that.

[dreemyweird]

This is laudable, but it doesn't always work. Well, it's good if it does for you; wouldn't work for me - there's stuff out there that has neither a tvtropes page nor in-depth reviews.

But I do agree that it would be nice to put an "I don't want to warn" tag on the work.

Plus as somebody who does have a trigger, I must say that I'm confused about people complaining that something in written fiction triggered them. Usually these things happen slowly, or at least have some kind of backstory. You can see that some shit is going to happen. Or, even if you can't, you can still stop reading as soon as you see the first lines containing triggery material.

[(Anonymous)]

Actually no, that doesn't work for me. One line can be all it takes to have me straight into flashbacks. Because once it's in my head, it's in my head. And I mean I had to stop reading all but select romance novels because sometimes it would be BAM rapey scene! I know this isn't everyone situation, but for a lot of people it's not as easy as 'stop reading'.

I also have one of the more common triggers (rape) so maybe it is easier for me to find out if a book, movie, or tv show will trigger me. And my social circle is pretty good at alerting me to thing that will send me into a ball of panic. Like when I started seeing all the dragon gifs for GoT's and went oooh most of my friends were like "No, no, no, you will hate yourself, trust us."

[(Anonymous)]

"One line can be all it takes to have me straight into flashbacks."

Watch the SJWs pile on me for this,, but seriously? If you're this sensitive, you definitely should look into, y'know, fixing the problem. CBT, drugs, desensitization therapy, positive self-talk, etc. One line of text having that kind of a deleterious effect on you definitely is no way to function.

[(Anonymous)]

They might be trying, recovering from PTSD can be a long process.

[(Anonymous)]

I like how you assume they aren't already trying to fix the problem. Doing so can be a long, difficult, complex process that could take years, during which it would be absurd to expect them to retreat from the outside world until it's resolved. Plus, many problems can not just be "fixed", one just learns to endure. Part of enduring is trying to be on the look out for upsetting things, and part of being social is to warn people that they might be upset by your work. And thus we all get along! Or fight and snap and murder each other anyway, whichever.