*Content Warning*

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[Image description: a journal page titled, “Content warning” and dated 02/24/2021. It reads, in cursive,
“I do not understand
the ‘hows’
When it comes to
*content warnings*

For I am just speaking
-about my-

lived experiences.’”]

I understand the “whys.” I just cannot comprehend, when speaking on my own life, when it would be deemed necessary for me to give a “content/trigger warning.”
This is just my life. The life I have lived. The life I have survived. The life I have carved out for myself.
And to me, my brain cannot fathom why I need to warn people about the things that have happened to me, were done to me. This is just a part of my story.

*Please note I am not being flippant towards the reasoning behind people putting these warnings. It’s just a thought that has been rolling around in my head this last week that I’m trying to unravel and make my brain know when would they be necessary or appropriate because I would like to not affect people adversely if I can help it.

-Katelyn