You said ‘ There is certainly a real danger if we teach people that anything they find painful is to be avoided: this is a path to greater suffering…’ And i think this is a very interesting point from my perspective. Having gone through years of sexual and physical abuse at the hands of a Münchhausen parent and others, i can certainly understand where those who call for trigger warnings come from. I just worry that avoiding triggers too much leads to the avoidance of healing. I am quite lucky that i am able to function and talk about what happened to me today because i always encouraged myself to look at my demons face on whenever possible. This resulted in a normalising of what happened to me and no longer being ashamed, or feeling different, about my abuse. It has also allowed what happened to become a part of me that i embrace to make me the psychology undergraduate and child counsellor that i am today.

But as with everything different peoples mileage may vary.

Anyway thanks for a really thought provoking and interesting read.