Originally Posted by
Euphoria Blossom
If anything, it makes people MORE sensitive and unable to cope with real life.
This is exactly what I was coming back to say.
I guess it all comes back to the 'bubble wrap' thing. Everyone is over protected and whilst I can appreciate the need for it, it gets to an almost incomprehensible level.
It seems to me that some people are becoming obsessed with the little things (like words associated with self harm) rather than looking at the
real triggers, the emotions and the reasons they want to cut. I know that I'm generalising but I believe that is the effect it is having.
Its good to be protected for a while but to be completely sheltered from it all isn't benefiting anyone and it's proving to be an issue amongst the community as a whole as people feel afraid to mention certain things in case they are accused of triggering or tip sharing.
I know RYL isn't real life and I know it's meant to be a safe place and all of that but you have to face facts and realise that real life is out there. This should surely be a place to accept the world as it is, but in a 'safer' way.
I'm not sure if that makes sense. Rather than being thrown to the wolves in the real world, this should be a place to ease you in? Maybe?
How likely is it that the rules will be relaxed to an extent. I mean, is it even possible to 'go backwards' as it were. Or is this a situation where individual members have to take more responsbility for themselves and accept that triggers are more than associated words?