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Content Warnings Do Not Reduce Distress, Study Shows (www.psychologicalscience.org)
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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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[-] mbirth@lemmy.mbirth.uk 31 points 10 months ago

Yeah, I get pretty stressed out when people put CWs on stupid things like "CW: Food".

[-] UberKitten 28 points 10 months ago

that type of CW is mostly for people with eating disorders

[-] mbirth@lemmy.mbirth.uk 7 points 10 months ago

What’s next? A “CW: Dog” so snowflakes that like cats don’t feel offended?

[-] UberKitten 3 points 10 months ago

if CWs bother you, you can turn them off in most fedi clients

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