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Triggers as Healing Indicators, Not Warning Signs for Others
I think we might have taken trigger warnings too far. They were always about showing sensitivity and alerting people to the nature of sensitive material so that they could choose whether or not they...
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Trigger Warning: Has It Become a Velvet Rope Around Sensitive Emotions?
— It’s everywhere, the word “trigger” has become a velvet rope around sensitive emotions. Some more liberal circles have felt it helpful to prepend their Facebook posts with a “trigger warning”...
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Should a Supreme Court Justice Have as His Motto ‘No Means Yes. Yes Means...
— RSVP for Political Activism Calls "No means yes. Yes means anal." Those words were shouted on the Yale campus by recruits of DKE fraternity in 2010. We wrote about it at The Good Men Project in and...
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Depressed for a Living – 24 Years Old, New York City. 2004
***Trigger warning- graphic imagery of near-death experience New York City 2004. I was working as an admin at a technology company in New York City making $24,000 a year. My boss sat 50 feet away...
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Did it Really Happen? On “Forgetting” Abuse.
Cecil Murphey with a personal story about denial and facing hard truths. —– Trigger Warning: The following blog may contain sensitive imagery. I “forgot” about my abuse. I didn’t remember anything...
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Domestic Violence Campaign Seeks Letters
A writing campaign asks domestic violence survivors and their supporters to submit letters From Lexie Bean, Founder and Creative Director of Attention: People with Body Parts: With the perception that...
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I Cut Myself: Exploring My Relationship with Self-Mutilation
Nathan Daniels realized that he practiced rituals of self harm in order to move his emotional turmoil to a focus outside himself. Here’s why it happened and how he stopped. — TRIGGER WARNING for...
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What Happened When I Told: A Boy’s Sexual Assault Story
The neighbor boy came into my room and asked if I knew anything about sex. Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse. This is my assault story. I don’t actually remember...
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So You’re Tired of Hearing About “Rape Culture”?
TRIGGER WARNING: The following includes descriptions, photos, and video that may serve as a trigger for victims of sexual violence. Please advise when sharing. *** Publisher’s Note: Comments on this...
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“‘Trauma in youth becomes attraction in adulthood.’ You just rocked my world...
This is a comment by Mel on the post “Rihanna’s a Daughter and a Human and Loves a Man…And We’re Surprised“. Trigger warning for sexual abuse. Mel talks about how childhood trauma lead to unhealthy...
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The Violence of Homelessness: A Young Male Survivor’s Story [Trigger warning]
W.R.R. escaped his father’s child sex ring only to endure the horrors of homelessness: illness, starvation, and yet more sexual violence. This is the first in a series on Male Disposability on The...
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“We can’t support boys and men who are struggling when we believe that their...
These are comments by JJ and Joanna Schroeder on the post “Lead a Good Life, Everyone: Trey Malone’s Suicide Note“. JJ says: I am both a victim of sexual assault, and a mental illness social work...
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Lead a Good Life, Everyone: Trey Malone’s Suicide Note
Trey Malone took his own life two years ago today, in June 2012. His last wish was that his voice finally be heard and listened to. Editor’s note: We want to open this article with a warning: we are...
View ArticleThoughts On Trigger Warnings
TW for brief mentions of… basically everything that I trigger-warn for, actually. I have anxiety triggers that are almost never warned for. This is because my triggers are either very uncommon (people...
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Did it Really Happen? On “Forgetting” Abuse.
Cecil Murphey with a personal story about denial and facing hard truths. —– Trigger Warning: The following blog may contain sensitive imagery. I “forgot” about my abuse. I didn’t remember anything...
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Domestic Violence Campaign Seeks Letters
A writing campaign asks domestic violence survivors and their supporters to submit letters From Lexie Bean, Founder and Creative Director of Attention: People with Body Parts: With the perception that...
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I Cut Myself: Exploring My Relationship with Self-Mutilation
Nathan Daniels realized that he practiced rituals of self harm in order to move his emotional turmoil to a focus outside himself. Here’s why it happened and how he stopped. — TRIGGER WARNING for...
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What Happened When I Told: A Boy’s Sexual Assault Story
The neighbor boy came into my room and asked if I knew anything about sex. Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse. This is my assault story. I don’t actually remember...
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So You’re Tired of Hearing About “Rape Culture”?
TRIGGER WARNING: The following includes descriptions, photos, and video that may serve as a trigger for victims of sexual violence. Please advise when sharing. *** Publisher’s Note: Comments on this...
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“‘Trauma in youth becomes attraction in adulthood.’ You just rocked my world...
This is a comment by Mel on the post “Rihanna’s a Daughter and a Human and Loves a Man…And We’re Surprised“. Trigger warning for sexual abuse. Mel talks about how childhood trauma lead to unhealthy...
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