• sentientity@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    I think you’re missing my point. Being upset, disturbed, uncomfortable or moved emotionally by something is not what a trigger means. The word has been watered down significantly. I am explicitly referring to its original usage - mental health symptoms which could throw off a person’s wellbeing. That is what trigger warnings are for.

    Edit for typos.

    • rhacer@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      I’m sorry, which part of “destroys me” don’t you understand? Do I need to spell out that on more the one occasion I contemplated a bullet in the head because of those things?

      Just because you are unable to relate to such a thing does not mean my mental health is not negatively impacted.

      So I ask again, where do you place the limit on what is deserving a trigger warning?