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Re: trigger trigger » Toph

Posted by Larry Hoover on January 17, 2008, at 15:24:38

In reply to Re: trigger trigger » Larry Hoover, posted by Toph on January 16, 2008, at 16:35:21

> I think you know that I respect you Lar, and I know that the appropriate use of triggers is an important issue for you. You may also recall that I am of the belief that this is an open forum and users should expect that reading any post may reveal disturbing words or ideas.

My issue is warning, not content.

> I wonder, as an aside, if someone uses a trigger flippantly, how would one know this for sure if the reader didn't ignore the trigger in the first place? What's the point of having triggers if participants are just going to read the posts anyway?

Given appropriate warning, I can probably read any post (if I would so choose to do it).

It is the triggering content that comes without warning that is the most devastating. The trigger flag gives me choice.

Just so you know, merely seeing the word trigger in a subject line is emotionally stressful. It forces me to take an inventory/ assess my resiliency/ make predictions. Having PTSD is not a choice. It is my reality.

Discussing this issue has made me fragile, and I will not speak to it again, just now. I see the issue as being close to inconsequential for many, but not for me.

Lar

 

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