Trigger Warning: The Truth.

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I worked at a Southern California psychiatric facility where I had hands-on experience taking care of victims of traumas. I worked with veterans, rape and domestic abuse victims, and others who were victimized by violence. 

I’ve personally witnessed triggers in several different people. I’ve seen hysterical crying, vomiting, sweating, panting, and people have flashbacks of traumatic experiences. You know what the doctor’s advice to them was? To stay away from things that cause triggers in order to protect themselves. 

If you’re honestly triggered by the the things that you said you were triggered by, then you’ve got a real problem that warrant immediate help. The first thing to do would be to log off and see to it that you’ll be taken care of. It’s unhealthy and even dangerous to keep exposing yourselves to things that trigger you. 

A lot of you claim to be triggered by mere mentions of certain subject matters, yet go on to your blogs and repeatedly post about them. If you’re repeatedly mentioning the things that trigger you, then I’m not surprised when other people don’t take you seriously. 

Triggers are real, but they’re completely different from things that you simply dislike or are bothered by. I’m not surprised when people say that they have a hard time believing the trigger warnings tag. Just track it for 15 minutes and you’ll find a bunch of people pretending to have legitimate medical problems; it trivializes the very real, very painful, very dangerous triggering episodes that trauma victims must live with and need professional help for.