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Photo: Pixabay Trauma memories can suddenly return when survivors are exposed to material that reminds them of the event-a process known as “triggering” which can be very distressing. Trigger warnings are intended to help mitigate this potential distress. However, Flinders University psychology researchers warn that trigger warnings do not lessen the blow of recalling past trauma. However, the new study published in Memory suggests that warning messages may not adequately prepare people to recall a negative experience but may instead prolong bad memories. The study was conducted with 209 mainly female participants, ranging in age from 17-50 years old. They participated in two sessions, two weeks apart. In the first session, participants recalled a negative event and completed a series of questionnaires, including how emotionally impactful the event felt. The second session asked participants to recall the same event again and answer the same questionnaires. ....
Share Part of the idea is to brace certain viewers for something that may remind them of their past, triggering the symptoms of conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). WHAT IS A TRIGGER WARNING? A trigger warning is an alert that upcoming material containing distressing themes might trigger the details and emotion associated with a negative memory to come to mind. Warnings supposedly prevent or minimise this distress. Researchers wanted to find out if trigger warnings really do have this effect. Advertisement But the study, conducted by psychologists at Flinders University and published in the journal Memory, indicates trigger warnings do not lessen the blow of recalling past trauma, whether it s memories of car accidents, violent altercations or sexual assaults. ....