Posted by Larry Hoover on March 3, 2006, at 11:49:41
In reply to Re: what does 'trigger' mean - Possible trigger » Larry Hoover, posted by Dinah on March 3, 2006, at 10:13:31
> I doubt that insensitivity or intentional provocation are often involved.
I've been trying to explain that insensitivity is in fact a very common occurrence. As to intent, I cannot address that while remaining civil.
> I think it's more a question of not knowing when it's appropriate.
It's high time that we sorted that all out.
> I'm sure I frequently post unneccessary trigger warnings, and likely just as frequently don't post ones I should.
Over-doing the trigger warnings doesn't bother me. Under-doing it most certainly does.
> So I was trying for a dialog of when people would like it posted.
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> My own personal threshold is in describing the results of cutting, or in poetically describing the act of cutting.
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> As far as what triggers me to want to do the same thing."Graphic or explicit" descriptions of such acts was exactly what I mentioned in my first draft for a FAQ rule.
If the description invokes an image.....it's a trigger. Or, it should be presumed to be one.
I know many people who are gone from Babble, maybe forever, because of this. Lots of occasional visitors, who come back only so long as it takes to be reminded of why they left in the first place. Babble is impoverished because of this insensitivity to triggering.
Lar
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