wi_fighter,

You're doing just fine. These forums are large and allow each member to change the settings of how they view the boards. Some people enter through their "my home" page, others enter through the main forums page, still others list categories instead of forums (all these options are available in My Profile link up top). Depending on which area you enter the forum from and how you go about reading it can affect which icons are seen first by different members.

So some members see links to this thread not from the Survivors of Abuse forum but instead from the last 24 hours list or from their e-mail forum updates or some other method.

All we can do is our best to use the trigger icon if the material is graphic based on the community guidelines. Everyone has their own triggers and we cannot be responsible for protecting everyone. We do our best and try to treat others as we would like ourselves to be treated here. Some will be triggered no matter how many icons or warnings there are. That is their deal. I've found your use of the trigger icon to be adequate and appropriate. Thanks for being considerate enough to use it at all! I really do appreciate that as it shows you care enough about others to warn them of potentially disturbing content.

Anyone with concerns regarding use of trigger icons please PM a moderator of that forum for further discussion.

Thanks for posting in here and sharing this difficult story with us. You're doing fine as you are.

Thanks again for posting and for continuing the dialogue.
kindly,