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Temet Nosce
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While I find the whole term "trigger warning" silly instead of just going with the old fashioned disclaimers, they aren't really put there because people have thin skin. It's more for people who suffered from a traumatic event and basically have PTSD flashbacks if they come across something that makes them think of it. Kind of like how war veterans have all sorts of horrible and varied reactions to PDST, be it overreacting to loud noises, finding war movies unwatchable because they bring back bad memories, and so on so forth, some rape and sexual assault victims have very similar responses to their trauma, and even just reading about sexual assault might bring them back to when it happened to them.
It's really not hard to just skim past it. Just remember, it's not for you. It's a courtesy thing for other people.
Now, granted, there's a lot of people who act victimized over literally anything and act like total bags of shit for no reason, making a "Boy of Cried Wolf" situation for actual survivors of horrific situations, much in the same way where it's gotten to the point where when most people think of the word feminist, radical man haters come to mind instead of people who just want equality and fair treatment between sexes.
But nowadays people will claim they have PTSD for the most mundane reasons, as you referenced in the last part of your post. Like I said earlier, there will always be good people with good intentions, but the small and vocal minority will always ruin things for the entire group. I can understand trigger warnings for rape and war, but for bullying? Trigger warnings for depression? I've seen both, and I thought they were a tad ridiculous.
Coddling someone isn't kindness. Sometimes tough love can seem cruel, but I don't see the point of sheltering people from stuff they will most likely have to deal with or see for the rest of their life. Instead there should be emphasis on how to deal with their emotions in a healthy manner rather than uselessly trying to protect them from something they will eventually have to face again.
Real life... does... come with trigger warnings...
Have you ever bought a movie and before it begins it's like "Rated R for graphic violence, frontal nudity, scenes of a sexual nature, disturbing imagery etc".
Those are literally content warnings.
Content warnings meant to discourage underage viewers? I think that's a bit of a stretch for a comparison. Trigger warnings apply to all ages while content warnings only apply to little Jimmy so he doesn't accidentally think Wet & Wild 9 is a surfing movie. I see what you are trying to say, but I don't see how it applies in this context.
Also, movies =/= real life. I'm talking about how there are no 'depression' or 'suicide' trigger warnings when you go to school one morning to find your childhood friend's desk empty one day. Or there are no trigger warnings if your best friend tells you about how he got raped by his babysitter when he was 12. Real life doesn't come with nifty warning signs that let you know ahead of time what's going to happen.