Ain't that the truth. Actually, anyone who repeatedly tells you repeatedly that they're a server too and they totally understand how annoying it is to be double-sat (which they just did to you because they wanted a table by the window) and for people to ask for substitutions (right before they ask if they can get a…

A "trigger" specifically is something that can cause a panic attack, anxiety attach, PTSD flashback, and other debilitating reaction.

So if someone has a trigger and wishes to avoid it, they should "seek an alternate path in life" — What does that even mean? Not go to college? There are plenty of ways to avoid being abjectly triggered in life - do you think the average person is subjected to descriptions of rape or violence on a daily basis during…

and though some have faced bigger traumas than others, we all have 'triggers'.

Yes, it's a trade-off between wanting to keep something private and needing to avoid the trigger, but I'm not sure how the alternative - a blanket policy - is any different. If instructors were required to announce that a reading was triggering for X reason, and a student came forward after class and said, thank you…

I don't think you understand what being "triggered" actually means.

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Uhhhh if your co-workers are describing the GoT rape scene in great detail at the watercooler I'm pretty sure that is something worth taking to HR.

But if everyone bases their education solely around topics that make them comfortable, we're going to run into problems real quick.

I would star this a thousand times. I'm getting really, really ragey reading all the "but you need to confront your fears (according to me, Random Internet Stranger who knows how to cope with trauma better than you do)!" "how will you survive in the real world (where you confront graphic, brutal…

It's great that confronting your trauma helped you heal. But it doesn't work that way for everyone.

I mean, you're right that "life doesn't come with trigger warnings" but in cases where it doesn't take much time or effort to give a heads-up, wouldn't it be nice if people were more considerate?

This is true, but I don't see what's wrong with at least addressing some more common triggers (graphic racism, brutality, rape scenes, etc.)

I work in a law firm now, too (admin).

I used to be really afraid of talking on the phone, but I went into journalism, so I had to get over that. But I'm always embarrassed if I have to call someone back because I forgot to ask for a seemingly obvious detail or something like that - like my co-workers are listening to me and judging me.

I loved that work ethic, and I did find I got more done over the long term.

For awhile I was the only one in my department with a small child, which basically meant double sick days: Either the little one would catch something first (and my husband or I - usually me, since I got paid sick days and he didn't - would have to stay home with him) and then I'd get it, or vice-versa, but the end…

Not to mention the acoustics are terrible and I can hear everything anyone else says throught the entire room.

Actually it looks like it is:

Looks like emergencies are exempted: