We live in strange times where you have to use trigger warnings and be careful to how do you address to other people to don't hurt their feelings.
Not wanting to get triggered is a form of controlling your anxiety, we all suffer to some degree of anxiety. Because it is impossible to fully avoid the negative, we all will eventually fail, feel pain, be a victim of violence and eventually dye. Things that reminds you of these facts will trigger episodes of anxiety. When you say triggered, you are technically assuming that something external caused your anxiety. The word trigere means to release a chain reaction, for example if i have a gun i point it towards someone and press the trigger i am responsible of injuring or killing that person.
On the other hand if i am wearing a t-shirt that is making you anxious, i am not at the cause of your anxiety i am only remembering you that there is a chance to be wrong and there are other people that have different opinions than yours. You already were anxious about this before you saw my t-shirt, this is more like if you were walking on the beach and stepped on a sharp rock that made your foot hurt, rather than the rock getting in your way to purposely cause you pain. To get ride of all the rocks from the beach so you can't risk stepping on them is pure insanity.
The source of anxiety it is always internal it is based on the inevitability of something bad happening to you, blaming external sources for it does nothing than serve as a scapegoat. Which is creating more violence because now you are living with the illusion that if you are going to make other people to accept your ideology or get ride of them we would finally end up with haven on earth.
In reality if you get ride of your opposition you will just feel anxious for the next thing that you assume it is dangerous for you.
Anxiety is an infinite cycle you will never get rid of it, there will always be two major groups competing, arguing or killing each other. So far this was pretty much a staple of history, externally controlling your anxiety is only going to make it grow in intensity and diminish the quality of your life even more.
As much sense as this makes, I am sure you realize only a rational person would agree with you, while the irrational would demand you must change your life to protect them, as they consider their safe-space your responsibility. And those perpetuating this cultural fascism do not, in fact, want a better quality of life, but prefer to argue and kill... as we can see by the recent hissy fits from dangerously irresponsible and underdeveloped at UC Berkeley and NYU.
Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:
Submit