thats true, but i dont know how to do that effectively as differnent people have different triggers

I guess that's true. Perhaps I should just stay off the boards for awhile. Too much is triggering for me these days =(.

some do warn but others do not. sometimes folks are in such a state that they just plain forget.

yes definatly, then if you think it will be upsetting or hurtful for you to read you can just skip the thread.

i have a hairpin trigger but i am too stupid to stay away.

on many other boards, people post things at the top of the thread or in the title, like jeanelle said different people react to different things but there are certain posts that are graphic or that most people could agree would be triggering

well, I was thinking that a separate board for suicidal thoughts might be a good idea...but then again I can't imagine that talking to others who are suicidal would be much help!

I'm not sure...I'll keep thinking.

yes, i agree, if somoone is utting something particularly senstive or upsetting maybe they should write in the title. we want everyone to get well and to help everyone, not to make them worse xx

if everyone would put *trigger* in the topic, that would mean to me suicidal stuff & i stay away from it.

It's a decent idea, but it's not going to catch all triggers. For example, someone used a cute photo of a snail carrying a stalk of grass as an avatar and there happened to be someone here with an extreme fear of snails who freaked and was afraid to look at the boards until the snail was gone. We can do the best we can and explain what a thread is about fairly obvious in the title, it's worth the effort

Just out of curiousity...which discussions where causing bad feelings for you?

For me it was the one where someone was saying something about hanging herself.

I don't know what might trigger someone, I mean there's the obvious things, but people are so different!

Plus, someone might put "trigger" , but post something really moving and/or useful, etc. and people would miss out.