Posted by Kath on February 7, 2009, at 21:08:32
In reply to Re: **mutiple triggers** - being cautious » Larry Hoover, posted by garnet71 on February 7, 2009, at 11:56:57
My concept of the *****trigger***** notices in the Subject line is that they can help prevent a situation where someone opens a post without having any idea that it contains a subject that is a trigger for them & the content is a shock & triggers them. In that case, they would simply have had NO warning & as a result could read something that upsets them very much.
If there's a ***trigger*** notation, a person can make a conscious decision whether to open the post or not.
Some of us used to joke around a bit & say things like ****silliness trigger**** or stuff like that. We didn't mean any harm - just sort of fooling around. Fortunately someone pointed out that it wasn't funny at all!!!
I think it's better to err on the side of caution. Most of us probably have enough stuff that bothers us in life that we can't do anything about. At least if there's a trigger sign, we have the option of saying, "Nope; I think I'll just skip reading that post, just in case."
:-))) hugs, Kath
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