They get used in real life. This is mentioned in the articles had you read them. These studies are revealing the problems of this. They don't work, and they can make things worse.
I can see why in many cases it doesn't work since people have the choice to click on material.
Refer to post #11.
Trigger warnings aren't used to help suffers. It's just a common curtesy, like R ratings and X ratings, so whomever is about to watch said material can choose to watch something else. It's like putting a yellow wet-floor sign. It doesn't mean the sign will work (there may be statistics on it, I don't know), it just means whomever sees it has been warned.
The study is looking into this more than there needs to be. Trigger warnings weren't made to help or harm viewers. That depends on the sufferer and what help he or she is able to receive.
I see no logic behind keeping them or defending them. When it comes to the body, after the body has been through trauma pretty much every patient says it hurts when the treatment regiment starts to include physical movement. And that's because it does hurt. But the staff does not coddle that. They support the patient and encourage them through the pain, but ultimately they do make the patient do things that hurt.
I'm defending that sufferers have choose to click on TW material. Some can't just "go into the real world" but they don't Need trigger warnings, it's just very useful for those who are deciding whether to watch a said material or not.
I dont understand how the rest of this relates to your comments.
There is a time when such things are avoided. I won't deny it. But it's impossible to predict everything that can stab someone emotionally and after a time the avoidance becomes detrimental. If recovery was based on what was painless, crutch use would be greatly prolonged. The mind isn't much different.
Learning to cope is far greater than avoidance.
It took me a bit to get what you're saying. TWs aren't meant to make people avoid traumatic material. There's no internal meaning behind the the phrase. Decisions and actions are how people cope with trauma or avoid it. The person can either continue to watch the material or not, but that doesnt mean the don't want to face the real world, it just means they ideally know what's best for their health. Its one thing if you don't have a choice to be in a traumatic environment, but if you have a choice whether to be subject to a trigger or not, its best to avoid it for one's well-being than stick your hand in the fire just because "that's life."
