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There's also the concept of the "reverse trigger," in that something that "should be" disturbing or triggering in the ''bad'' way actually triggers a different reaction. Intense interest is one such "alternate response." (e.g. a crime or disaster victim wanting to gain control by learning more about the event and how it happens / how he/she survived / how it can be prevented/defended against, so they obsessively research something that "should" be a PTSD trigger). Outright {{fetish}} is another such response, and a very controversial one, because the fetishes that result are triggering to other people and often seen as sick or unhealthy or offensive (e.g. fetishes for racial humiliation roleplay or dubious/nonconsensual fiction or roleplay fall into this category)
Trigger Warnings themselves are obviously, it should be noted, fairly controversial on the whole.
Trigger Warnings themselves are obviously, it should be noted, fairly controversial on the whole.
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There's also the concept of the "reverse trigger," in that something that "should be" disturbing or triggering in the ''bad'' way actually triggers a different reaction. Intense interest is one such "alternate response." (e.g. a crime or disaster victim wanting to gain control by learning more about the event and how it happens / how he/she survived / how it can be prevented/defended against, so they obsessively research something that "should" be a PTSD trigger). Outright {{fetish}} is another such response, and a very controversial one, because the fetishes that result are triggering to other people and often seen as sick or unhealthy or offensive (e.g. fetishes for racial humiliation roleplay or dubious/nonconsensual sex scenarios in fiction or roleplay fall into this category)
Trigger Warnings themselves are obviously, it should be noted, fairly controversial on thewhole.
whole. That controversy generally comes from a few sources:
* Fiction writers who legitimately do want to surprise readers and don't want to reveal a shocking plot twist or a surprising scene just because it involves a trigger.
* People who believe that trigger warnings (or trigger warnings beyond a certain extent, e.g. they may be fine warning for rape or seizure-inducing content, but aren't warning for "bared dog teeth" or "spiders") are PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad.
* Overlapping with the above group, the group that often ''causes'' people to view trigger warnings as just that - those who conflate being "offended" or "upset" with being "triggered" or are just {{troll}}ing and demanding warnings for content that at most makes them angry but capable enough to go into great detail in a comment about how angry they are and how offended they are.
* And of course, the {{Troll}}, the StrawMisogynist, and others who really ''do'' want people to be hurt and don't really care if anyone is hurt - and blame the victims for being online in the first place.
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* Fiction writers who legitimately do want to surprise readers and don't want to reveal a shocking plot twist or a surprising scene just because it involves a trigger.
* People who believe that trigger warnings (or trigger warnings beyond a certain extent, e.g. they may be fine warning for rape or seizure-inducing content, but aren't warning for "bared dog teeth" or "spiders") are PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad.
* Overlapping with the above group, the group that often ''causes'' people to view trigger warnings as just that - those who conflate being "offended" or "upset" with being "triggered" or are just {{troll}}ing and demanding warnings for content that at most makes them angry but capable enough to go into great detail in a comment about how angry they are and how offended they are.
* And of course, the {{Troll}}, the StrawMisogynist, and others who really ''do'' want people to be hurt and don't really care if anyone is hurt - and blame the victims for being online in the first place.
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There's also the concept of the "reverse trigger," in that something that "should be" disturbing or triggering in the ''bad'' way actually triggers a different reaction. Intense interest is one such "alternate response." (e.g. a crime or disaster victim wanting to gain control by learning more about the event and how it happens / how he/she survived / how it can be prevented/defended against, so they obsessively research something that "should" be a PTSD trigger). Outright {{fetish}} is another such response, and a very controversial one, because the fetishes that result are triggering to other people and often seen as sick or unhealthy or offensive (e.g. fetishes for racial humiliation roleplay or dubious/nonconsensual fiction or roleplay fall into this category)
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* Classic PTSD is caused by a single, intense ordeal during which there was a very real threat to life or limb.
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Classic PTSD's damage is done a single event, like a OneHitKill in a video-game, where Complex PTSD takes its toll in a manner more reminiscent of the proverbial DeathOfAThousandCuts. As a result, treatment for Complex PTSD often requires methods significantly different than those needed to treat Classic PTSD. While Classic PTSD usually has very consistent triggers (circumstances resembling those when the patient's trauma occurred), making those triggers (ostensibly) easier to avoid, complex PTSD often leaves a more varied and vague series of potential triggers which can lie undetected and unknown until a seemingly innocuous thing sets the patient off, making even the most seemingly safe places, events, or things a veritable psychological '''minefield''' for a patient with complex-PTSD.
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Classic PTSD's damage is done by a single event, like a OneHitKill in a video-game, where Complex PTSD takes its toll in a manner more reminiscent of the proverbial DeathOfAThousandCuts. As a result, treatment for Complex PTSD often requires methods significantly different than those needed to treat Classic PTSD. While Classic PTSD usually has very consistent triggers (circumstances resembling those when the patient's trauma occurred), making those triggers (ostensibly) easier to avoid, complex PTSD often leaves a more varied and vague series of potential triggers which can lie undetected and unknown until a seemingly innocuous thing sets the patient off, making even the most seemingly safe places, events, or things a veritable psychological '''minefield''' for a patient with complex-PTSD.
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There also exist two different types of PTSD: "Classic PTSD" and "Complex PTSD".
* Classic PTSD is caused by a single, intense ordeal during which there was a very real threat to life or limb.
* Complex PTSD is caused by less intense but longer-lasting trauma such as long-term abuse, be it physical or psychological.
Classic PTSD's damage is done a single event, like a OneHitKill in a video-game, where Complex PTSD takes its toll in a manner more reminiscent of the proverbial DeathOfAThousandCuts. As a result, treatment for Complex PTSD often requires methods significantly different than those needed to treat Classic PTSD. While Classic PTSD usually has very consistent triggers (circumstances resembling those when the patient's trauma occurred), making those triggers (ostensibly) easier to avoid, complex PTSD often leaves a more varied and vague series of potential triggers which can lie undetected and unknown until a seemingly innocuous thing sets the patient off, making even the most seemingly safe places, events, or things a veritable psychological '''minefield''' for a patient with complex-PTSD.
* Classic PTSD is caused by a single, intense ordeal during which there was a very real threat to life or limb.
* Complex PTSD is caused by less intense but longer-lasting trauma such as long-term abuse, be it physical or psychological.
Classic PTSD's damage is done a single event, like a OneHitKill in a video-game, where Complex PTSD takes its toll in a manner more reminiscent of the proverbial DeathOfAThousandCuts. As a result, treatment for Complex PTSD often requires methods significantly different than those needed to treat Classic PTSD. While Classic PTSD usually has very consistent triggers (circumstances resembling those when the patient's trauma occurred), making those triggers (ostensibly) easier to avoid, complex PTSD often leaves a more varied and vague series of potential triggers which can lie undetected and unknown until a seemingly innocuous thing sets the patient off, making even the most seemingly safe places, events, or things a veritable psychological '''minefield''' for a patient with complex-PTSD.
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* Depiction of a specific disaster or type of it (e.g. a tornado, a plane crash) can trigger people who have disaster-related PTSD. This can even extend to things only tangentially related to the disaster - e.g. the sound of the EmergencyBroadcastSystem or tornado sirens or seeing a similar plane/hearing a flight attendant's safety briefing.
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* Depiction of a specific disaster or type of it (e.g. a tornado, a plane crash) can trigger people who have disaster-related PTSD. This can even extend to things only tangentially related to the disaster - e.g. the sound of the EmergencyBroadcastSystem EmergencyBroadcast System or tornado sirens or seeing a similar plane/hearing a flight attendant's safety briefing.
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* Depiction of a specific disaster or type of it (e.g. a tornado, a plane crash) can trigger people who have disaster-related PTSD.
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* Depiction of a specific disaster or type of it (e.g. a tornado, a plane crash) can trigger people who have disaster-related PTSD. This can even extend to things only tangentially related to the disaster - e.g. the sound of the EmergencyBroadcastSystem or tornado sirens or seeing a similar plane/hearing a flight attendant's safety briefing.
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* Depiction of a specific disaster or type of it (e.g. a tornado, a plane crash) can trigger people who have disaster-related PTSD.
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Anger triggers, while somewhat less potent in most cases, are more commonly depicted in media and have their own trope, the BerserkButton. That said, in some cases they ''can'' be potent enough to result in physical violence against the person who invoked them (the "fighting words" defense for assault in common law systems relies on this, that what someone said was ''so'' recognizably enraging that they became an AssholeVictim and the person who punched/slapped them was entirely justified in doing so, e.g. someone who does not have NWordPrivileges using the word to someone who ''does'' and getting punched for it or a man who calls a woman the word referenced in CountryMatters and gets slapped may not only not have a case in court, but the police may even refuse to press charges viewing the assault as "he got what he deserved"). Unfortunately, in rare occasions an anger trigger may even lead to homicidal behavior (and even one of these is recognized under law - "voluntary manslaughter" covers homicides where someone was arguably driven beyond any rationality or sense into a blind killing rage in the moment - the textbook examples being when someone walks in on their spouse cheating on them and violently assaults the other man/other woman, or happens upon someone abusing an animal or child and, instead of calling the police or nonviolently ending the crime, kills the abuser)
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Anger triggers, while somewhat less potent in most cases, are more commonly depicted in media and have their own trope, the BerserkButton. That said, in some cases they ''can'' be potent enough to result in physical violence against the person who invoked them (the "fighting words" defense for assault in common law systems relies on this, that what someone said was ''so'' recognizably enraging that they became an AssholeVictim and the person who punched/slapped them was entirely justified in doing so, e.g. someone who does not have NWordPrivileges using the word to someone who ''does'' and getting punched for it or a man who calls a woman the word referenced in CountryMatters and gets slapped may not only not have a case in court, but the police may even refuse to press charges viewing the assault as "he got what he deserved"). Unfortunately, in rare occasions an anger trigger may even lead to homicidal behavior (and even one of these is recognized under law - "voluntary manslaughter" in the US legal system occasionally covers homicides where someone was arguably driven beyond any rationality or sense into a blind killing rage in the moment - the textbook examples being when someone walks in on their spouse cheating on them and violently assaults the other man/other woman, or happens upon someone abusing an animal or child and, instead of calling the police or nonviolently ending the crime, kills the abuser)
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Anger triggers, while somewhat less potent in most cases, are more commonly depicted in media and have their own trope, the BerserkButton.
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Anger triggers, while somewhat less potent in most cases, are more commonly depicted in media and have their own trope, the BerserkButton.
BerserkButton. That said, in some cases they ''can'' be potent enough to result in physical violence against the person who invoked them (the "fighting words" defense for assault in common law systems relies on this, that what someone said was ''so'' recognizably enraging that they became an AssholeVictim and the person who punched/slapped them was entirely justified in doing so, e.g. someone who does not have NWordPrivileges using the word to someone who ''does'' and getting punched for it or a man who calls a woman the word referenced in CountryMatters and gets slapped may not only not have a case in court, but the police may even refuse to press charges viewing the assault as "he got what he deserved"). Unfortunately, in rare occasions an anger trigger may even lead to homicidal behavior (and even one of these is recognized under law - "voluntary manslaughter" covers homicides where someone was arguably driven beyond any rationality or sense into a blind killing rage in the moment - the textbook examples being when someone walks in on their spouse cheating on them and violently assaults the other man/other woman, or happens upon someone abusing an animal or child and, instead of calling the police or nonviolently ending the crime, kills the abuser)
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Also, hearing something like "I hope you die" or "I never want to see you again" can trigger suicide. In some people, even hearing this told to others or being told this ''as a joke'' can be a trigger. Or, in the joke case, they will keep asking nervously "Do you really mean that?" repeatedly.
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There are also triggers for negative behavior that can cause a relapse of the condition itself, such as addictions or other negative behaviors. The difference between {{squick}} and a negative behavioral trigger is that with these triggers, the response is not comparable to being {{squick}}ed. Instead, the response is pleasurable but unwanted/dangerous to the individual and may risk their recovery from an addiction or a pattern of compulsive behavior. For example, seeing someone smoking makes someone who has recently quit smoking crave another cigarette, or seeing a depiction of bulimia may make someone want to binge and purge again; and going to a restaurant and being seated too close to the bar is often torture for a recovering alcoholic.
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There are also triggers for negative behavior that can cause a relapse of the condition itself, such as addictions or other negative behaviors. The difference between {{squick}} and a negative behavioral trigger is that with these triggers, the response is not comparable to being {{squick}}ed. Instead, the response is pleasurable but unwanted/dangerous to the individual and may risk their recovery from an addiction or a pattern of compulsive behavior. For example, seeing someone smoking makes someone who has recently quit smoking crave another cigarette, or seeing a depiction of bulimia may make someone want to binge and purge again; again, or seeing a razor blade may make someone want to self-harm; and going to a restaurant and being seated too close to the bar is often torture for a recovering alcoholic.
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* Depiction of anorexia, bulimia, or extreme body negativity. These can trigger eating disorders.
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* Depiction of suicide, or characters considering suicide, can be triggering for those who have survived a suicidal phase or have known someone who committed suicide.
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(A fairly good example of how ''not'' to properly handle suicide triggers is found in the marketing and promotion around the film ''SevenPounds'' as well as the writing of it. With a "purposeful suicide" as the main plot point, woe be to anyone with suicide triggers who didn't check the spoilers or talk to someone who had seen it first.)
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(A fairly good example of how ''not'' to properly handle suicide triggers is found in the marketing and promotion around the film ''SevenPounds'' ''Film/SevenPounds'' as well as the writing of it. With a "purposeful suicide" as the main plot point, woe be to anyone with suicide triggers who didn't check the spoilers or talk to someone who had seen it first.)
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Seizure triggers are far more rare but are the other type of trigger that can cause direct harm: the viewing of a pattern or flashing lights or colors will induce an epileptic seizure in a small segment of the population, which may be life-threatening. The only people who ''intentionally'' post these with the intent of causing a seizure are {{Troll}}s, though inadvertent posting of a seizure-inducing video or image can occasionally happen when the poster doesn't live with epilepsy (or with epilepsy triggered by visual imagery) and isn't aware that the image or video could have that effect. Normally, if you are posting a video with flashing lights or colors (or extremely fast movement or dizzying patterns) it is seen as good Netiquette to post a seizure trigger warning and avoid autoplay.
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Seizure triggers are far more rare but are the other type of trigger that can cause direct harm: the viewing of a pattern or flashing lights or colors will induce an epileptic seizure in a small segment of the population, which may be life-threatening. The only people who ''intentionally'' ''[[SensoryAbuse intentionally]]'' post these with the intent of causing a seizure are {{Troll}}s, though inadvertent posting of a seizure-inducing video or image can occasionally happen when the poster doesn't live with epilepsy (or with epilepsy triggered by visual imagery) and isn't aware that the image or video could have that effect. Normally, if you are posting a video with flashing lights or colors (or extremely fast movement or dizzying patterns) it is seen as good Netiquette to post a seizure trigger warning and avoid autoplay.
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Triggering overlaps with TooSoon (when an event such as a national disaster or extreme crime makes the mention of it or anything reminding of it triggering to a large amount of people, see the NuclearWeaponsTaboo for a specific example also) as well as DudeNotFunny. Playing with known triggers, however, is a large element of DeadBabyComedy and CrossingTheLineTwice.
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Triggering overlaps with TooSoon (when an event such as a national disaster or extreme crime makes the mention of it or anything reminding of it triggering to a large amount of people, see the NuclearWeaponsTaboo for a specific example also) as well as DudeNotFunny. Playing with known triggers, however, is a large element of DeadBabyComedy BlackComedy and CrossingTheLineTwice.
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[[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] is a very difficult topic to deal with both in RealLife and in media. Unfortunately, some depressed or suicidal (or recovering) people can become triggered by some explorations of depression, suicide, and hopelessness. Due to the seriousness of this trigger, it is good Netiquette and being a decent human being to offer at least some warning of suicide, of ruminations on suicide and suicidality, or on things that are guaranteed to be severely depressing and bring out such emotions. It doesn't even have to be a label or note, just an RRatedOpening or blurb can suffice.
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[[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] is a very difficult topic to deal with both in RealLife and in media. Unfortunately, some depressed or suicidal (or recovering) people (or those who have lost someone close or meaningful to suicide) can become triggered by some explorations of depression, suicide, and hopelessness. Due to the seriousness of this trigger, it is good Netiquette and being a decent human being to offer at least some warning of suicide, of ruminations on suicide and suicidality, or on things that are guaranteed to be severely depressing and bring out such emotions. It doesn't even have to be a label or note, just an RRatedOpening or blurb can suffice.
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Trigger Warnings themselves are obviously, it should be noted, fairly controversial on the whole.
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The (very simplified) difference between {{squick}} and a PTSD trigger is this: {{squick}} is staring at a fictional [[{{Gorn}} disemboweled corpse]] and going "Ewww, I didn't need to see that." A trigger is staring at the same corpse and feeling oneself being disemboweled and tortured to death in RealLife or else remembering the RealLife disembowelment and torture of your best friend next to you. Triggers may be described as hyper-personalized {{Squick}} [[XMeetsY meets]] hyper-personalized HighOctaneNightmareFuel.
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The (very simplified) difference between {{squick}} and a PTSD trigger is this: {{squick}} is staring at a fictional [[{{Gorn}} disemboweled corpse]] and going "Ewww, I didn't need to see that." A trigger is staring at the same corpse and feeling oneself being disemboweled and tortured to death in RealLife or else remembering the RealLife disembowelment and torture of your best friend next to you. Triggers may be described as hyper-personalized {{Squick}} [[XMeetsY meets]] hyper-personalized HighOctaneNightmareFuel.
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Some PTSD triggers are neither {{Squick}} nor HighOctaneNightmareFuel. They may even be NightmareRetardant to anyone but the triggered individual. For some, a white sheet on a bed or hearing a sob can be a trigger.
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Some PTSD triggers are neither {{Squick}} nor HighOctaneNightmareFuel.NightmareFuel. They may even be NightmareRetardant to anyone but the triggered individual. For some, a white sheet on a bed or hearing a sob can be a trigger.
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* ANYTHING in the AbuseTropes or RapeTropes sections (the sections ''themselves'' may trigger PTSD for DomesticAbuse, rape, or sexual abuse victims)
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* ANYTHING in the AbuseTropes or RapeTropes SexualHarassmentAndRapeTropes sections (the sections ''themselves'' may trigger PTSD for DomesticAbuse, rape, or sexual abuse victims)
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In the broadest sense, a trigger is an experience that reliably provokes a particular response from a person, ''regardless of context''. Stories generally try to provoke responses somehow, but the fact that a TearJerker successfully jerked your tears doesn't mean you've been triggered per se. If you wanted to, you could re-read and analyze the story until you got thoroughly bored of it; whereas if it triggered you, it would be impractical or impossible to get used to it. Even if it takes a while to become fully inured, you will tend to get more comfortable with the story as you study it, and your responses will change accordingly.
Genuine triggers provoke the same response, time after time, however familiar the trigger should be. Strictly speaking, they can change over time, but they do so at an imperceptible pace; they sometimes return at full strength without warning; and they are unlikely to ever fully vanish, even if they get small enough to control.
Technically, triggers don't have to make you feel ''bad''--any emotion counts--but the kind that make you feel good are usually referred to by another term, like HappyPlace or {{Fetish}}.
In the broadest sense, a trigger is an experience that reliably provokes a particular response from a person, ''regardless of context''. Stories generally try to provoke responses somehow, but the fact that a TearJerker successfully jerked your tears doesn't mean you've been triggered per se. If you wanted to, you could re-read and analyze the story until you got thoroughly bored of it; whereas if it triggered you, it would be impractical or impossible to get used to it. Even if it takes a while to become fully inured, you will tend to get more comfortable with the story as you study it, and your responses will change accordingly.
Genuine triggers provoke the same response, time after time, however familiar the trigger should be. Strictly speaking, they can change over time, but they do so at an imperceptible pace; they sometimes return at full strength without warning; and they are unlikely to ever fully vanish, even if they get small enough to control.
Technically, triggers don't have to make you feel ''bad''--any emotion counts--but the kind that make you feel good are usually referred to by another term, like HappyPlace or {{Fetish}}.
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I\'m pretty sure it\'s the suicide that kills people, and the trigger that instigates it. Why assume that only triggers ABOUT suicide can CAUSE suicide?
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[[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] is a very difficult topic to deal with both in RealLife and in media. Unfortunately, some depressed or suicidal (or recovering) people can become triggered by some explorations of depression, suicide, and hopelessness. Due to the seriousness of this trigger (it is one of the two types of trigger that can ''directly kill someone'') trigger, it is good Netiquette and being a decent human being to offer at least some warning of suicide, of ruminations on suicide and suicidality, or on things that are guaranteed to be severely depressing and bring out such emotions. It doesn't even have to be a label or note, just an RRatedOpening or blurb can suffice.
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'''Do not put trigger warnings on any TVTropes pages other than FanFicRecommendations.''' Works that have full pages should already indicate the existence of triggering content in the description or trope list in a natural way, and a trope's description should be a good indication of whether or not there will be any significant triggering content in its examples.
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(A fairly good example of how ''not'' to properly handle suicide triggers is found in the marketing and promotion around the film ''SevenPounds'' as well as the writing of it. With a "purposeful suicide" as the main plot point, woe be to anyone with suicide triggers who didn't check the spoilers or talk to someone who had seen it first.)
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Anger triggers, while somewhat less potent in most cases, are more commonly depicted and have their own trope, the BerserkButton.
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[[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] is a very difficult topic to deal with both in RealLife and in media. Unfortunately, some depressed or suicidal (or recovering) people can become triggered by some explorations of depression, suicide, and hopelessness. Due to the seriousness of this trigger (it is one of the two types of trigger that can ''directly kill someone,'') someone'') it is good Netiquette and being a decent human being to offer at least some warning of suicide, of ruminations on suicide and suicidality, or on things that are guaranteed to be severely depressing and bring out such emotions. It doesn't even have to be a label or note, just an RRatedOpening or blurb can suffice.
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MoralGuardians and the BluenoseBowdlerizer tend to assume that ''nearly everyone'; and anyone under a certain age automatically suffer from being triggered and often use this as a part of NewMediaAreEvil and YouCanPanicNow, which often leads to people assuming the legitimately triggered are in league with them - which is not the truth, for the most part. A legitimately triggered person merely wants to be warned of and avoid the triggering content, while MoralGuardians or the BluenoseBowdlerizer are actively opposed to its mere ''existence''.
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MoralGuardians and the BluenoseBowdlerizer tend to assume that ''nearly everyone'; everyone'' and anyone under a certain age automatically suffer from being triggered and often use this as a part of NewMediaAreEvil and YouCanPanicNow, which often leads to people assuming the legitimately triggered are in league with them - which is not the truth, for the most part. A legitimately triggered person merely wants to be warned of and avoid the triggering content, while MoralGuardians or the BluenoseBowdlerizer are actively opposed to its mere ''existence''.
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See TooSoon and the NuclearWeaponsTaboo. The BanOnPolitics is arguably an attempt to deal with a nigh-universal BerserkButton.
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See TooSoon and the NuclearWeaponsTaboo.
The BanOnPolitics is arguably an attempt to deal with a nigh-universal BerserkButton.
The BanOnPolitics is arguably an attempt to deal with a nigh-universal BerserkButton.
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[[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] is a very difficult topic to deal with both in RealLife and in media. Unfortunately, some depressed or suicidal (or recovering) people can become triggered by some explorations of depression, suicide, and hopelessness. Due to the seriousness of this trigger (it is one of the two types of trigger that can ''directly kill someone,'' it is good Netiquette and being a decent human being to offer at least some warning of suicide, of ruminations on suicide and suicidality, or on things that are guaranteed to be severely depressing and bring out such emotions. It doesn't even have to be a label or note, just an RRatedOpening or blurb can suffice.
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[[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] is a very difficult topic to deal with both in RealLife and in media. Unfortunately, some depressed or suicidal (or recovering) people can become triggered by some explorations of depression, suicide, and hopelessness. Due to the seriousness of this trigger (it is one of the two types of trigger that can ''directly kill someone,'' someone,'') it is good Netiquette and being a decent human being to offer at least some warning of suicide, of ruminations on suicide and suicidality, or on things that are guaranteed to be severely depressing and bring out such emotions. It doesn't even have to be a label or note, just an RRatedOpening or blurb can suffice.
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* [[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] is a very difficult topic to deal with both in RealLife and in media. Unfortunately, some depressed or suicidal (or recovering) people can become triggered by some explorations of depression, suicide, and hopelessness. Due to the seriousness of this trigger (it is one of the two types of trigger that can ''directly kill someone,'' it is good Netiquette and being a decent human being to offer at least some warning of suicide, of ruminations on suicide and suicidality, or on things that are guaranteed to be severely depressing and bring out such emotions. It doesn't even have to be a label or note, just an RRatedOpening or blurb can suffice.
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Depiction of the death of a loved one and its related grief and loss is a big one here - it rides the line between suicide trigger and PTSD trigger, depending on how badly someone has been personally impacted by these things. (Of course, it could also just be a BerserkButton if the person who reads it finds the experience nothing like theirs or insulting to theirs). Nevertheless, this also needs to be directly warned for because of its suicidality risk.
[[AC: Seizure Triggers]]
Seizure triggers are far more rare but are the other type of trigger that can cause direct harm: the viewing of a pattern or flashing lights or colors will induce an epileptic seizure in a small segment of the population, which may be life-threatening. The only people who ''intentionally'' post these with the intent of causing a seizure are {{Troll}}s, though inadvertent posting of a seizure-inducing video or image can occasionally happen when the poster doesn't live with epilepsy (or with epilepsy triggered by visual imagery) and isn't aware that the image or video could have that effect. Normally, if you are posting a video with flashing lights or colors (or extremely fast movement or dizzying patterns) it is seen as good Netiquette to post a seizure trigger warning and avoid autoplay.
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* {{Lolicon}}, {{Shotacon}}, ParentalIncest, BrotherSisterIncest, {{Twincest}}, and IncestIsRelative (any of these can be triggers for PTSD for rape and sexual abuse victims, and a BerserkButton as well)
* Any form of graphic violence (PTSD trigger for someone who has been assaulted or in combat, etc)
* Highly intense emotional scenes, especially with an undercurrent of threatening or intimidation
* Depictions of DomesticAbuse and its subtropes (PTSD trigger and/or BerserkButton for victims of abuse)
* Any form of graphic violence (PTSD trigger for someone who has been assaulted or in combat, etc)
* Highly intense emotional scenes, especially with an undercurrent of threatening or intimidation
* Depictions of DomesticAbuse and its subtropes (PTSD trigger and/or BerserkButton for victims of abuse)
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* {{Lolicon}}, {{Shotacon}}, ParentalIncest, BrotherSisterIncest, {{Twincest}}, and IncestIsRelative (any IncestIsRelative. Any of these can be triggers for PTSD for rape and sexual abuse victims, and a BerserkButton as well)
well.
* Depiction, especially in a favorable light, of [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]]-or MoreThanMindControl type techniques, specifically in the sense of cult-like thought-reform, be they used by actual cult members in the story or inadvertently by designated love interests. These can be major triggers for some people who have been victims of DomesticAbuse or of abusive religious groups.
* Depiction of the Apocalypse or similar TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt tropes or theories, which can be triggering for people who were traumatized from being brainwashed into believing that the end of the world as we know it was imminently due.
* Depiction of a number of debilitating diseases such as AIDS and cancer (trigger for people who are either current or past sufferers, or people who know/knew someone who has)
* Any form of graphicviolence (PTSD violence, which can be PTSD trigger for someone who has been assaulted or in combat, etc)
combat or who survived abuse.
* Highly intense emotional scenes, especially with an undercurrent of threatening orintimidation
intimidation.
* Depictions of DomesticAbuse and itssubtropes (PTSD subtropes, which can be a PTSD trigger and/or BerserkButton for victims of abuse)
* Depiction, especially in a favorable light, of [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]]-or MoreThanMindControl type techniques, specifically in the sense of cult-like thought-reform, be they used by actual cult members in the story or inadvertently by designated love interests. These can be major triggers for some people who have been victims of DomesticAbuse or of abusive religious groups.
* Depiction of the Apocalypse or similar TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt tropes or theories, which can be triggering for people who were traumatized from being brainwashed into believing that the end of the world as we know it was imminently due.
* Depiction of a number of debilitating diseases such as AIDS and cancer (trigger for people who are either current or past sufferers, or people who know/knew someone who has)
* Any form of graphic
* Highly intense emotional scenes, especially with an undercurrent of threatening or
* Depictions of DomesticAbuse and its
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* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content, especially that of a very aggressive or insulting nature (PTSD trigger for some, negative behavior trigger and/or BerserkButton for others)
* War depictions/combat/military-related depictions or tropes (combat-related PTSD)
* War depictions/combat/military-related depictions or tropes (combat-related PTSD)
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* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content, especially that of a very aggressive or insulting nature (PTSD nature, can trigger for some, negative behavior trigger and/or BerserkButton for others)
PTSD. It can also hit several of the triggers described below on the way.
* War depictions/combat/military-related depictions ortropes (combat-related PTSD)tropes, which can trigger combat-related PTSD
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* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content, especially that of a very aggressive or insulting nature
* Self-injury, self-mutilation, or extreme masochism (self-injury and injury avoidance OCD triggers)
* Self-injury, self-mutilation, or extreme masochism (self-injury and injury avoidance OCD triggers)
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* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content, especially that of a very aggressive or insulting nature
nature.
* Self-injury, self-mutilation, or extrememasochism (self-injury masochism. These can trigger self-injury and injury avoidance OCD triggers)OCD.
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* Depiction of anorexia or bulimia or extreme body negativity (eating disorders)
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* Depiction of anorexia or bulimia or extreme body negativity (eating disorders)
negativity. These can trigger eating disorders.
* Depiction of or ability to engage in games of chance/LevelGrinding. These can be a trigger for gambling or MMORPG addicts.
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* Depiction of or ability to engage in games of chance/LevelGrinding. These can be a trigger for gambling or MMORPG addicts.
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Seizure triggers are far more rare but are the most serious type of triggering short of suicide: the viewing of a pattern or flashing lights or colors will induce an epileptic seizure in a small segment of the population. The only people who ''intentionally'' post these are {{Troll}}s, though inadvertent posting of a seizure-inducing video or image can occasionally happen when the poster doesn't live with epilepsy (or with epilepsy triggered by visual imagery) and isn't aware that the image or video could have that effect. Normally, if you are posting a video with flashing lights or colors (or extremely fast movement or dizzying patterns) it is seen as good Netiquette to post a seizure trigger warning and avoid autoplay.
Overlaps with TooSoon (when an event such as a national disaster or extreme crime makes the mention of it or anything reminding of it triggering to a large amount of people, see the NuclearWeaponsTaboo for a specific example also) as well as DudeNotFunny. Playing with known triggers is a large element of DeadBabyComedy and CrossingTheLineTwice.
Overlaps with TooSoon (when an event such as a national disaster or extreme crime makes the mention of it or anything reminding of it triggering to a large amount of people, see the NuclearWeaponsTaboo for a specific example also) as well as DudeNotFunny. Playing with known triggers is a large element of DeadBabyComedy and CrossingTheLineTwice.
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, and as earlier mentioned, TooSoon and the NuclearWeaponsTaboo. The BanOnPolitics is arguably an attempt to deal with a nigh-universal BerserkButton.
Meta-examples of {{Trigger}}s in content:
* Depiction of a number of debilitating diseases such as AIDS and cancer (trigger for people who are either current or past sufferers, or people who know/knew someone who has)
* Depiction of or ability to engage in games of chance/LevelGrinding (negative behavior trigger for gambling or MMORPG addicts)
* Depiction of [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]]-or MoreThanMindControl type techniques, specifically in the sense of cult-like thought-reform, be they used by actual cult members in the story or inadvertently by designated love interests. (PTSD trigger for victims of abusive relationships or former cult members. Similarly, depiction of the Apocalypse, which is a trigger for people who were traumatized from being brainwashed into believing that the end of the world as we know it was imminently due.
Meta-examples of {{Trigger}}s in content:
* Depiction of a number of debilitating diseases such as AIDS and cancer (trigger for people who are either current or past sufferers, or people who know/knew someone who has)
* Depiction of or ability to engage in games of chance/LevelGrinding (negative behavior trigger for gambling or MMORPG addicts)
* Depiction of [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]]-or MoreThanMindControl type techniques, specifically in the sense of cult-like thought-reform, be they used by actual cult members in the story or inadvertently by designated love interests. (PTSD trigger for victims of abusive relationships or former cult members. Similarly, depiction of the Apocalypse, which is a trigger for people who were traumatized from being brainwashed into believing that the end of the world as we know it was imminently due.
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Meta-examples of {{Trigger}}s in content:
* Depiction of a number of debilitating diseases such as AIDS and cancer (trigger for people who are either current or past sufferers, or people who know/knew someone who has)
* Depiction of or ability to engage in games of chance/LevelGrinding (negative behavior trigger for gambling or MMORPG addicts)
* Depiction of [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]]-or MoreThanMindControl type techniques, specifically in the sense of cult-like thought-reform, be they used by actual cult members in the story or inadvertently by designated love interests. (PTSD trigger for victims of abusive relationships or former cult members. Similarly, depiction of the Apocalypse, which is a trigger for people who were traumatized from being brainwashed into believing that the end of the world as we know it was imminently due.
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[[AC: Suicide Triggers]]
* [[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] is a very difficult topic to deal with both in RealLife and in media. Unfortunately, some depressed or suicidal (or recovering) people can become triggered by some explorations of depression, suicide, and hopelessness. Due to the seriousness of this trigger (it is one of the two types of trigger that can ''directly kill someone,'' it is good Netiquette and being a decent human being to offer at least some warning of suicide, of ruminations on suicide and suicidality, or on things that are guaranteed to be severely depressing and bring out such emotions. It doesn't even have to be a label or note, just an RRatedOpening or blurb can suffice.
* [[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] is a very difficult topic to deal with both in RealLife and in media. Unfortunately, some depressed or suicidal (or recovering) people can become triggered by some explorations of depression, suicide, and hopelessness. Due to the seriousness of this trigger (it is one of the two types of trigger that can ''directly kill someone,'' it is good Netiquette and being a decent human being to offer at least some warning of suicide, of ruminations on suicide and suicidality, or on things that are guaranteed to be severely depressing and bring out such emotions. It doesn't even have to be a label or note, just an RRatedOpening or blurb can suffice.
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That said, there are some common (though by no means universal) triggers for PTSD survivors that it is generally considered good Nettiquette to warn for in fiction (of course there are exceptions). These are:
* ANYTHING in the AbuseTropes or RapeTropes sections (the sections ''themselves'' may trigger PTSD for rape or sexual abuse victims)
* ANYTHING in the AbuseTropes or RapeTropes sections (the sections ''themselves'' may trigger PTSD for rape or sexual abuse victims)
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That said, there are some common (though by no means universal) triggers for PTSD survivors that it is generally considered good Nettiquette Netiquette to warn for in fiction media (of course there are exceptions). These are:
* ANYTHING in the AbuseTropes or RapeTropes sections (the sections ''themselves'' may trigger PTSD forrape DomesticAbuse, rape, or sexual abuse victims)
* ANYTHING in the AbuseTropes or RapeTropes sections (the sections ''themselves'' may trigger PTSD for
* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content, especially that of a very aggressive or insulting nature (PTSD trigger for some, negative behavior trigger and/or BerserkButton for others)
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There are also triggers for negative behavior that can cause a relapse of the condition itself, such as addictions or other negative behaviors. The difference between {{squick}} and a negative behavioral trigger is that with these triggers, the response is not comparable to being {{squick}}ed. Instead, the response is pleasurable but unwanted/dangerous to the individual. For example, seeing someone smoking makes someone who has recently quit smoking crave another cigarette, or seeing a depiction of bulimia may make someone want to binge and purge again; and going to a restaurant and being seated too close to the bar is often torture for a recovering alcoholic.
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There are also triggers for negative behavior that can cause a relapse of the condition itself, such as addictions or other negative behaviors. The difference between {{squick}} and a negative behavioral trigger is that with these triggers, the response is not comparable to being {{squick}}ed. Instead, the response is pleasurable but unwanted/dangerous to the
Some common (though by no means universal) triggers for negative behavior or addictions are generally considered good Netiquette to warn for in media (of course there are exceptions). These are:
* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content, especially that of a very aggressive or insulting nature
* Self-injury, self-mutilation, or extreme masochism (self-injury and injury avoidance OCD triggers)
* Use of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs, especially if it's a major story or character element. You probably don't need to warn for these if they're passing references or if the nature of the story itself serves as a warning for them (for example, in a noir or a story set in the 1950s, EverybodySmokes and the HardDrinkingTropes are understood to be part of the territory)
* Depiction of anorexia or bulimia or extreme body negativity (eating disorders)
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* [[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] (trigger for depression and/or suicidal behavior)
* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content (PTSD trigger for some, negative behavior trigger and/or BerserkButton for others)
* Self-injury, self-mutilation, or extreme masochism (negative behavior trigger for self-injurers)
* Use of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs (negative behavior trigger for recovering addicts)
* Depiction of anorexia or bulimia (negative behavior trigger for eating disorders)
* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content (PTSD trigger for some, negative behavior trigger and/or BerserkButton for others)
* Self-injury, self-mutilation, or extreme masochism (negative behavior trigger for self-injurers)
* Use of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs (negative behavior trigger for recovering addicts)
* Depiction of anorexia or bulimia (negative behavior trigger for eating disorders)
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* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content (PTSD trigger for some, negative behavior trigger and/or BerserkButton for others)
* Self-injury, self-mutilation, or extreme masochism (negative behavior trigger for self-injurers)
* Use of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs (negative behavior trigger for recovering addicts)
* Depiction of anorexia or bulimia (negative behavior trigger for eating disorders)
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This page is an overview of the concept of "triggers," for those who want to know more about triggering in a meta sense for their own writing or for understanding the concept of triggering in RealLife to some extent. If you want to see ONLY fictional examples, please go to {{Trigger}}.
[[AC: PTSD Triggers]]
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder]] is a very complicated mental injury beyond the scope of TVTropes in and of itself, but one interaction between PTSD and fiction is the concept of the PTSD trigger. Someone suffering from PTSD may be triggered by many things - and sometimes, sadly, some things in fiction may induce this trigger response. Someone who has been triggered by a trigger may go through more emotional discomfort than fiction is supposed to produce, physical discomfort, terror and depression beyond what the story was supposed to induce, {{flashback}}s to their experience of the traumatic event, or even a full HeroicBSOD or FreakOut.
The (very simplified) difference between {{squick}} and a PTSD trigger is this: {{squick}} is staring at a fictional [[{{Gorn}} disemboweled corpse]] and going "Ewww, I didn't need to see that." A trigger is staring at the same corpse and feeling oneself being disemboweled and tortured to death in RealLife or else remembering the RealLife disembowelment and torture of your best friend next to you. Triggers may be described as hyper-personalized {{Squick}} [[XMeetsY meets]] hyper-personalized HighOctaneNightmareFuel.
Note that some fiction (as well as some non-fiction [[{{Documentary}} documentaries]]) deliberately include probable PTSD triggers in hopes of getting those who are not triggered by them to at least get a hint of what the trauma is like. For some events, you have to choose between a trigger or TheThemeParkVersion.
Some PTSD triggers are neither {{Squick}} nor HighOctaneNightmareFuel. They may even be NightmareRetardant to anyone but the triggered individual. For some, a white sheet on a bed or hearing a sob can be a trigger.
That said, there are some common (though by no means universal) triggers for PTSD survivors that it is generally considered good Nettiquette to warn for in fiction (of course there are exceptions). These are:
* ANYTHING in the AbuseTropes or RapeTropes sections (the sections ''themselves'' may trigger PTSD for rape or sexual abuse victims)
* {{Lolicon}}, {{Shotacon}}, ParentalIncest, BrotherSisterIncest, {{Twincest}}, and IncestIsRelative (any of these can be triggers for PTSD for rape and sexual abuse victims, and a BerserkButton as well)
* Any form of graphic violence (PTSD trigger for someone who has been assaulted or in combat, etc)
* Highly intense emotional scenes, especially with an undercurrent of threatening or intimidation
* Depictions of DomesticAbuse and its subtropes (PTSD trigger and/or BerserkButton for victims of abuse)
* {{Gorn}}
* War depictions/combat/military-related depictions or tropes (combat-related PTSD)
* The ScreamingWoman
There are also triggers for negative behavior that can cause a relapse of the condition itself, such as addictions or other negative behaviors. The difference between {{squick}} and a negative behavioral trigger is that with these triggers, the response is not comparable to being {{squick}}ed. Instead, the response is pleasurable but unwanted/dangerous to the individual. For example, seeing someone smoking makes someone who has recently quit smoking crave another cigarette, or seeing a depiction of bulimia may make someone want to binge and purge again; and going to a restaurant and being seated too close to the bar is often torture for a recovering alcoholic.
A hybrid type of both PTSD and negative behavioral triggers is where the trigger produces stress which may or may not be related to PTSD, but it is an unpleasant stimulus that leads to negative behavior rather than an obvious HeroicBSOD or FreakOut. This type of trigger is more commonly depicted in media and has its own trope, INeedAFreakingDrink, except substitute whatever the person relies on for "drink."
Anger triggers, while somewhat less potent in most cases, are more commonly depicted and have their own trope, the BerserkButton.
Seizure triggers are far more rare but are the most serious type of triggering short of suicide: the viewing of a pattern or flashing lights or colors will induce an epileptic seizure in a small segment of the population. The only people who ''intentionally'' post these are {{Troll}}s, though inadvertent posting of a seizure-inducing video or image can occasionally happen when the poster doesn't live with epilepsy (or with epilepsy triggered by visual imagery) and isn't aware that the image or video could have that effect. Normally, if you are posting a video with flashing lights or colors (or extremely fast movement or dizzying patterns) it is seen as good Netiquette to post a seizure trigger warning and avoid autoplay.
Overlaps with TooSoon (when an event such as a national disaster or extreme crime makes the mention of it or anything reminding of it triggering to a large amount of people, see the NuclearWeaponsTaboo for a specific example also) as well as DudeNotFunny. Playing with known triggers is a large element of DeadBabyComedy and CrossingTheLineTwice.
MoralGuardians and the BluenoseBowdlerizer tend to assume that ''nearly everyone'; and anyone under a certain age automatically suffer from being triggered and often use this as a part of NewMediaAreEvil and YouCanPanicNow, which often leads to people assuming the legitimately triggered are in league with them - which is not the truth, for the most part. A legitimately triggered person merely wants to be warned of and avoid the triggering content, while MoralGuardians or the BluenoseBowdlerizer are actively opposed to its mere ''existence''.
{{Troll}}s tend to delight in trying to force people into viewing triggering content on shock sites or by posting nonexistent or [[BlatantLies misleading]] warnings. A FlameWar can erupt when a FanFic writer or NewMedia artist refuses to provide proper warnings as warning for triggers is considered proper Netiquette and knowingly forcing someone to view them is considered {{Troll}}ing, yet at the same time some people are genuinely unaware of the concept. InternetBackdraft often results when the necessity of trigger warnings itself becomes a debate.
, and as earlier mentioned, TooSoon and the NuclearWeaponsTaboo. The BanOnPolitics is arguably an attempt to deal with a nigh-universal BerserkButton.
Meta-examples of {{Trigger}}s in content:
* [[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] (trigger for depression and/or suicidal behavior)
* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content (PTSD trigger for some, negative behavior trigger and/or BerserkButton for others)
* Self-injury, self-mutilation, or extreme masochism (negative behavior trigger for self-injurers)
* Use of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs (negative behavior trigger for recovering addicts)
* Depiction of anorexia or bulimia (negative behavior trigger for eating disorders)
* Depiction of a number of debilitating diseases such as AIDS and cancer (trigger for people who are either current or past sufferers, or people who know/knew someone who has)
* Depiction of or ability to engage in games of chance/LevelGrinding (negative behavior trigger for gambling or MMORPG addicts)
* Depiction of [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]]-or MoreThanMindControl type techniques, specifically in the sense of cult-like thought-reform, be they used by actual cult members in the story or inadvertently by designated love interests. (PTSD trigger for victims of abusive relationships or former cult members. Similarly, depiction of the Apocalypse, which is a trigger for people who were traumatized from being brainwashed into believing that the end of the world as we know it was imminently due.
[[AC: PTSD Triggers]]
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder]] is a very complicated mental injury beyond the scope of TVTropes in and of itself, but one interaction between PTSD and fiction is the concept of the PTSD trigger. Someone suffering from PTSD may be triggered by many things - and sometimes, sadly, some things in fiction may induce this trigger response. Someone who has been triggered by a trigger may go through more emotional discomfort than fiction is supposed to produce, physical discomfort, terror and depression beyond what the story was supposed to induce, {{flashback}}s to their experience of the traumatic event, or even a full HeroicBSOD or FreakOut.
The (very simplified) difference between {{squick}} and a PTSD trigger is this: {{squick}} is staring at a fictional [[{{Gorn}} disemboweled corpse]] and going "Ewww, I didn't need to see that." A trigger is staring at the same corpse and feeling oneself being disemboweled and tortured to death in RealLife or else remembering the RealLife disembowelment and torture of your best friend next to you. Triggers may be described as hyper-personalized {{Squick}} [[XMeetsY meets]] hyper-personalized HighOctaneNightmareFuel.
Note that some fiction (as well as some non-fiction [[{{Documentary}} documentaries]]) deliberately include probable PTSD triggers in hopes of getting those who are not triggered by them to at least get a hint of what the trauma is like. For some events, you have to choose between a trigger or TheThemeParkVersion.
Some PTSD triggers are neither {{Squick}} nor HighOctaneNightmareFuel. They may even be NightmareRetardant to anyone but the triggered individual. For some, a white sheet on a bed or hearing a sob can be a trigger.
That said, there are some common (though by no means universal) triggers for PTSD survivors that it is generally considered good Nettiquette to warn for in fiction (of course there are exceptions). These are:
* ANYTHING in the AbuseTropes or RapeTropes sections (the sections ''themselves'' may trigger PTSD for rape or sexual abuse victims)
* {{Lolicon}}, {{Shotacon}}, ParentalIncest, BrotherSisterIncest, {{Twincest}}, and IncestIsRelative (any of these can be triggers for PTSD for rape and sexual abuse victims, and a BerserkButton as well)
* Any form of graphic violence (PTSD trigger for someone who has been assaulted or in combat, etc)
* Highly intense emotional scenes, especially with an undercurrent of threatening or intimidation
* Depictions of DomesticAbuse and its subtropes (PTSD trigger and/or BerserkButton for victims of abuse)
* {{Gorn}}
* War depictions/combat/military-related depictions or tropes (combat-related PTSD)
* The ScreamingWoman
There are also triggers for negative behavior that can cause a relapse of the condition itself, such as addictions or other negative behaviors. The difference between {{squick}} and a negative behavioral trigger is that with these triggers, the response is not comparable to being {{squick}}ed. Instead, the response is pleasurable but unwanted/dangerous to the individual. For example, seeing someone smoking makes someone who has recently quit smoking crave another cigarette, or seeing a depiction of bulimia may make someone want to binge and purge again; and going to a restaurant and being seated too close to the bar is often torture for a recovering alcoholic.
A hybrid type of both PTSD and negative behavioral triggers is where the trigger produces stress which may or may not be related to PTSD, but it is an unpleasant stimulus that leads to negative behavior rather than an obvious HeroicBSOD or FreakOut. This type of trigger is more commonly depicted in media and has its own trope, INeedAFreakingDrink, except substitute whatever the person relies on for "drink."
Anger triggers, while somewhat less potent in most cases, are more commonly depicted and have their own trope, the BerserkButton.
Seizure triggers are far more rare but are the most serious type of triggering short of suicide: the viewing of a pattern or flashing lights or colors will induce an epileptic seizure in a small segment of the population. The only people who ''intentionally'' post these are {{Troll}}s, though inadvertent posting of a seizure-inducing video or image can occasionally happen when the poster doesn't live with epilepsy (or with epilepsy triggered by visual imagery) and isn't aware that the image or video could have that effect. Normally, if you are posting a video with flashing lights or colors (or extremely fast movement or dizzying patterns) it is seen as good Netiquette to post a seizure trigger warning and avoid autoplay.
Overlaps with TooSoon (when an event such as a national disaster or extreme crime makes the mention of it or anything reminding of it triggering to a large amount of people, see the NuclearWeaponsTaboo for a specific example also) as well as DudeNotFunny. Playing with known triggers is a large element of DeadBabyComedy and CrossingTheLineTwice.
MoralGuardians and the BluenoseBowdlerizer tend to assume that ''nearly everyone'; and anyone under a certain age automatically suffer from being triggered and often use this as a part of NewMediaAreEvil and YouCanPanicNow, which often leads to people assuming the legitimately triggered are in league with them - which is not the truth, for the most part. A legitimately triggered person merely wants to be warned of and avoid the triggering content, while MoralGuardians or the BluenoseBowdlerizer are actively opposed to its mere ''existence''.
{{Troll}}s tend to delight in trying to force people into viewing triggering content on shock sites or by posting nonexistent or [[BlatantLies misleading]] warnings. A FlameWar can erupt when a FanFic writer or NewMedia artist refuses to provide proper warnings as warning for triggers is considered proper Netiquette and knowingly forcing someone to view them is considered {{Troll}}ing, yet at the same time some people are genuinely unaware of the concept. InternetBackdraft often results when the necessity of trigger warnings itself becomes a debate.
, and as earlier mentioned, TooSoon and the NuclearWeaponsTaboo. The BanOnPolitics is arguably an attempt to deal with a nigh-universal BerserkButton.
Meta-examples of {{Trigger}}s in content:
* [[{{UsefulNotes/Suicide}} Suicide]] (trigger for depression and/or suicidal behavior)
* Political, religious, racial, or sexual content (PTSD trigger for some, negative behavior trigger and/or BerserkButton for others)
* Self-injury, self-mutilation, or extreme masochism (negative behavior trigger for self-injurers)
* Use of alcohol, tobacco, or illegal drugs (negative behavior trigger for recovering addicts)
* Depiction of anorexia or bulimia (negative behavior trigger for eating disorders)
* Depiction of a number of debilitating diseases such as AIDS and cancer (trigger for people who are either current or past sufferers, or people who know/knew someone who has)
* Depiction of or ability to engage in games of chance/LevelGrinding (negative behavior trigger for gambling or MMORPG addicts)
* Depiction of [[{{Brainwashed}} brainwashing]]-or MoreThanMindControl type techniques, specifically in the sense of cult-like thought-reform, be they used by actual cult members in the story or inadvertently by designated love interests. (PTSD trigger for victims of abusive relationships or former cult members. Similarly, depiction of the Apocalypse, which is a trigger for people who were traumatized from being brainwashed into believing that the end of the world as we know it was imminently due.
