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<blockquote data-quote="Malcolm Serabian" data-source="post: 8278931" data-attributes="member: 6915162"><p>McGibster Here is a very simple article about anxiety triggers which you can read. <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/anxiety-triggers#8" target="_blank">11 Anxiety Triggers and How to Identify and Manage Them</a></p><p></p><p>Here are 2 sections from the article that relate to things that can happen in rpgs.</p><p></p><h3>10. Public events or performances</h3><p><a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/glossophobia" target="_blank">Public speaking</a>, talking in front of your boss, performing in a competition, or even just reading aloud is a common trigger of anxiety. If your job or hobbies require this, your doctor or therapist can work with you to learn ways to be more comfortable in these settings.</p><p></p><p>Also, positive reinforcements from friends and colleagues can help you feel more comfortable and confident.</p><p></p><h3>11. Personal triggers</h3><p>These triggers may be difficult to identify, but a mental health specialist is trained to help you identify them. These may begin with a smell, a place, or even a song. Personal triggers remind you, either consciously or unconsciously, of a bad memory or traumatic event in your life. Individuals with <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/post-traumatic-stress-disorder" target="_blank">post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)</a> frequently experience anxiety triggers from environmental triggers.</p><p></p><p>Identifying personal triggers may take time, but it’s important so you can learn to overcome them.</p><p></p><p>so while I am unaware of any specific literature about triggers in rpgs, you can clearly see from the 2 listed items above that it is accepted mental health that the types of things that can come up in any rpg could certainly trigger a persons anxiety...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Malcolm Serabian, post: 8278931, member: 6915162"] McGibster Here is a very simple article about anxiety triggers which you can read. [URL="https://www.healthline.com/health/anxiety/anxiety-triggers#8"]11 Anxiety Triggers and How to Identify and Manage Them[/URL] Here are 2 sections from the article that relate to things that can happen in rpgs. [HEADING=2]10. Public events or performances[/HEADING] [URL='https://www.healthline.com/health/glossophobia']Public speaking[/URL], talking in front of your boss, performing in a competition, or even just reading aloud is a common trigger of anxiety. If your job or hobbies require this, your doctor or therapist can work with you to learn ways to be more comfortable in these settings. Also, positive reinforcements from friends and colleagues can help you feel more comfortable and confident. [HEADING=2]11. Personal triggers[/HEADING] These triggers may be difficult to identify, but a mental health specialist is trained to help you identify them. These may begin with a smell, a place, or even a song. Personal triggers remind you, either consciously or unconsciously, of a bad memory or traumatic event in your life. Individuals with [URL='https://www.healthline.com/health/post-traumatic-stress-disorder']post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)[/URL] frequently experience anxiety triggers from environmental triggers. Identifying personal triggers may take time, but it’s important so you can learn to overcome them. so while I am unaware of any specific literature about triggers in rpgs, you can clearly see from the 2 listed items above that it is accepted mental health that the types of things that can come up in any rpg could certainly trigger a persons anxiety... [/QUOTE]
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