System Safety PSA
I wanted to advise those in the community - especially the younger systems that might need it - but do not be loose with who you let know about your triggers may that be positive or negative. Especially, do not share which alters are specifically triggered by specific topics.
That kind of information is heavily personal and letting the public know about that can put you in an vulnerable place. You really shouldn’t be telling strangers on the internet things that can cause you to have psychological changes and cause you dysregulation loosely - may this be something that will cause you to switch or have a flashback.
That sort of information is best kept general if you are requesting something to be tagged (as in do not give specifics, just ask for a tag that you can filter) or kept to the specific individuals you interact with and can trust with that information.
We personally only talk about positive triggers that are on the weaker end, that are practically given from the interests that they talk about (Lucille with piano music for example), and vague mentions of triggers that we need tagged - but even for those we prefer to try to find a common tag in that topic as to keep that trigger secret to the public.
Triggers are personal and easily manipulable points for systems, so I strongly recommend people - especially younger systems - to withhold from loosely sharing them unless carefully thought over / people don’t seem to tag the content and it is a request that needs to be mad.
Our personal opinion is that especially strong positive triggers should not be shared since they do give information and a degree of control to other people beyond the system. For some of our strongest positive triggers, we don’t even tell our fiance.
If you have to share a trigger, keep it as vague as possible and don’t let individuals that you don’t trust know which alter it specifically bothers the most. That is not safe behavior and is practically painting a target sign on yourself.
Stay safe out there and protect yourselves. You don’t need to share as private and personal information such as triggers to fit in or be valid, so keep yourselves safe.
This is just something that has strongly concerned myself about this community, that is all.
I apologize if this scares any of you reading this and Riku hasn’t posted this since they don’t want to cause anyone who has done this to panic, but it is a genuine issue, concern, and something that I feel is way too prominent on this website that needs to stop.
Being triggered by a specific topic is not something that you want an alter to be known by or to identify with.
-Ray (Gatekeeper)
