A meta-analysis of the effects of trigger warnings and content notes
I struggle with trigger&#x2F;content warnings as someone with PTSD stemming from severe childhood neglect&#x2F;abuse (e.g. I was allowed to just rot in the basement for a week with a fever of 104+ as a child).<p>The reason is because there seems to be a standardized list of &#x27;real&#x27; triggers that people agree on, and I&#x27;m often triggered by depictions of <i>loving</i> families. Which nobody is ever going to warn for. I also have major disassociation and emotional blunting, so I have no idea what makes violence or sexual related cross the line into needing a warning. So ironically, spaces that insist heavily on trigger warnings are hard for me to exist in as a person with PTSD without breaking the norms. It&#x27;s hard not to feel there are &#x27;right&#x27; and &#x27;wrong&#x27; triggers.