Advocates for the use of trigger warnings suggest that they can help people avoid or emotionally prepare for encountering content related to a past trauma. But trigger warnings may not fulfill either of these functions, according to an analysis published in Clinical Psychological Science.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21677026231186625

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    4 months ago

    I thought the point of those warnings was so people who didn’t like it or couldn’t handle it could just choose not to watch the content.

    If seeing people die fucks you up mentally, and a video says “CW: Death” why the fuck would you watch it? Psychology is weird.