[mossanimal]

I'm new to these types of forums and have been wondering what it means when somebody indicates a post as 'triggered' or possible trigger. I've been trying to find out by searching.. but have failed. Just curious...

[lizardlady]

A trigger is something that brings up bad/overwhelming feelings. There are some common ones like abuse, others are more individual. If someone says they were triggered it usually means something brought up bad old stuff from their past. Hope this helps.

[mossanimal]

Thanks... just to be clear... I guess I know what it means to have an emotional/behavioral state to be triggered. But I wasn't clear on what it meant when a post has been flagged with the term. Does it mean that person has been triggered?

[Thunder Bow]

It means the stuff posted can rubberband you back into bad feelings, thus can trigger you.

[mossanimal]

Originally Posted by Thunder Bow

It means the stuff posted can rubberband you back into bad feelings, thus can trigger you.

Okay... that is what I thought. But I've read a couple of posts that didn't seem to make sense in thus context. Anyway... guess my question is answered. Thanks...

Originally Posted by mossanimal

Okay... that is what I thought. But I've read a couple of posts that didn't seem to make sense in thus context. Anyway... guess my question is answered. Thanks...

If I have any doubt as to whether any thread I posts may be triggering for some people then I put the icon on, I err on the side of caution as I would not want someone to feel bad from something I wrote.

I guess it's a personal judgement on when to use the icon, and different people have different triggers.

[mossanimal]

Well somebody just put in a warning trigger in a response to something I wrote today. :-) Nice timing...

[Lost_in_the_woods]

If you are writing about anything violent or traumatic definitely trigger! Any specifically detailed accounts WITH IN The narrative use trigger coding to hide words such as

Possible trigger:

suicide rape smoking crack...etc

you can find how to do this by clicking on BB code link. Other than that if you are uncertain or just playing it safe..you can just use any of the 3trigger icons under advanced options..tho I personally think people pay most attention to the red x..so I use that one! Hope this helps