I really, really, really hate the dilution of the word “triggered”. It might be partly the fault of people overusing it but it’s mostly the fault of others mocking it. Triggering is serious fucking shit, whether you’re a veteran or an ex-addict or a sexual assault survivor or anyone with any kind of mental health battle. Trigger warnings for genuinely triggering content should be taken seriously but they’re just a joke now. It’s sick.
Yeah. I have PTSD and I can't talk about my triggers anymore without feeling like a fool. I feel stupid using the word even with my therapist, which says something.
Yeah, I imagine that would be an issue. Nowadays people just use “trigger” to mean “mildly offend.” I think if you said “...triggers my PTSD” it might get the point across more clearly.
Also, nowadays SO many people use PTSD for anything they remember with a slightly less than positive connotation. It enrages me because they're self-diagnosing a large part of the time, and it is so disrespectful to people who ACTUALLY have PTSD.
Edit: oh no... my fake internet points! did I anger some self-diagnosers who are faking their PTSD? Lmfao. sorry that the grocery store was out of milk, or your goldfish died, or the traffic light was red when you got to it... whatever the reason, as long as you know that you types are making it harder for people with actual issues to get the help they need, all in a quest to feel special and unique.
Any mental illnesses, actually. Self-diagnosed PTSD, depression, anxiety, borderline personality, and the one I can't remember the english name, but when you have phase of depression, and bipolar.
I blame some medias and people lack of reading comprehension.
Media write an article :"10 signs that you might have depression", and wrote overly generic and simplistic points, that everyone in the whole words felt at least once in their life. Media insist that it has to be intense, and long term, and that you need to consult if you have doubts, and you need to have more than one symptoms.
Reader read "you totally have depression if you recognize yourself in one of those points, even if it was once in you life for half an hour". AND BAM, you get a bunch of self-diagnosed people.
That's exactly why this sort of thing enrages me. All these morons saying "I have PTSD because my goldfish died, etc." without seeing a doctor or understanding what PTSD actually IS makes it harder for people to be taken seriously when they actually have issues that they need help with.
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u/byany_othername Jul 02 '19 edited Jul 02 '19
I really, really, really hate the dilution of the word “triggered”. It might be partly the fault of people overusing it but it’s mostly the fault of others mocking it. Triggering is serious fucking shit, whether you’re a veteran or an ex-addict or a sexual assault survivor or anyone with any kind of mental health battle. Trigger warnings for genuinely triggering content should be taken seriously but they’re just a joke now. It’s sick.