benevolentghost:

thisisthinprivilege:

Thank you for erasing entire communities of people who deal with disordered eating, social anxiety and other forms of mental disabilities that stem from or are related to diet culture. Pretending that talking about weight loss doesn’t also harm people in similar ways as do other forms of trigger warnings is ignorant as hell, especially when talk about weight loss is really about reinforcing fat phobia / hatred and telling fat people they shouldn’t exist. It’s actually offensive and embarrassing to erase how social structures like thin privilege and normative discussions surrounding weight loss harm people. You should probably think about this before attempting to trivialize the experiences of other people. -FBP

Some info for my tumblr friends:

When a person struggling with mental illness is triggered, this means they have a full-blown panic attack, flashbacks, or engage in or obsess over self-harm or other dangerous disordered behavior.

When you tag a post with a trigger warning because you mention losing a couple pounds or someone called you a bitch, you are rendering “trigger” meaningless. Some people may have strong reactions to these things, but these are types of scenarios you literally cannot avoid off the internet. It is a reasonable assumption that someone choosing to expose themselves to a website where anyone can submit content can handle these topics. It is not reasonable to assume they can handle graphic images or descriptions of violence, images promoting eating disorders, or similar. Why? Because these glorify, promote, and encourage unhealthy behaviors that may seriously endanger a person. These are the same standards me and literally everyone I know who has been through group treatment have experienced— no glorifying of behaviors, but everything else is fair game. Sometimes people are still triggered. I’ve been triggered in groups. But I have had some weird fucking triggers, and it is not the world’s responsibility to protect me.

I generally have a difficult time standing up for myself in these types of situations, but holy fuck. PTSD is not a joke. Self-injury is not a joke. Eating disorders are not a fucking joke, jesus christ. MENTAL ILLNESS IS NOT A TOOL ANYONE IS ENTITLED TO MANIPULATE FOR POLITICAL GAIN. It is reality for me, and it is reality for so many people I have heard echo these exact sentiments.

But hey, TiTP got to make a snarky response so who cares what the rest of the world is saying?