[ SECRET POST #2512 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2512 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I want to know why gum could possibly need a trigger warning.

Choking phobia maybe? I had an incident a couple of years ago where I got a large piece of hard candy stuck in my throat and seriously freaked out thinking that I would choke to death (I already had a mild choking phobia before this happened). Luckily my mother was with me at the time and kept me calm and even phoned a medical centre for advice.

I now tend to get freaked out by things like hard candy, or gum, or other such things. Even just watching other people eat them can trigger my phobia really badly... saying all that though, I'd still never demand, or even expect, someone to put a trigger warning on a picture of gum! That's just silly!

That's just the only reason I can imagine that someone might be triggered by gum.

[(Anonymous)]

https://www.myptsd.com/c/threads/stressor-vs-trigger-what-is-a-trigger.13912/

[(Anonymous)]

that was very informative, thanks

[(Anonymous)]

Incorrect, in this case. Phobia triggers are actually genuine triggers. The term is used for similar mechanisms across multiple mental illnesses.

[(Anonymous)]

Right, but no one actually uses the word in fandom that way. "Trigger" in fandom is the equivalent of YOU ARE CAUSING ME PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ANGUISH AND I'M GOING TO DIE IF YOU DON'T TONE IT DOWN. A picture of a spider would "trigger" arachnophobia, but "fandom trigger" is far more akin to the PTSD definition.

[(Anonymous)]

(DA) Maybe I'm just being dense here, but I don't quite understand why a PTSD trigger wouldn't count as the same sort of trigger as the "you're causing me mental and physical anguish" type? A PTSD trigger can cause emotional distress and panic attacks just like other triggers. So I don't see why it shouldn't be classed as such?

Imo, a "normal" phobia is different from a phobia that's borne from a traumatic event; Eg. I'd considered someone's phobia of water (if the phobia came about due to that person nearly drowning) as being far more serious, and worthy of being considered a trigger, than my own arachnophobia which didn't stem from anything traumatic.