[Everyone] How do you feel about the term "triggering?"

A couple of things happened recently that made me really not understand the point of the term "triggering". First, there was the whole shitstorm about the Jezebel article with a graphic depiction of a stillbirth. It seemed like the whole point of the article, and the image, was to convey the horror of childbirth and what it means for your body, and yet people were like "Why did they put that in there? That's triggering." Then I was reading a website that was about avoiding dangerous people and how to escape abusive situations. They explicitly stated that their blog was not triggering, that they talked about car insurance and the best way to get a passport, because they wanted their readers to be able to view the site without feeling uneasy or unsafe. <br><br>To me, the point of calling something "triggering" is to prepare people for potentially graphic or disturbing information, in the same way that we use the term "Not Safe For Work" to indicate that a naked person or a cuss word will be involved. It's a warning that gives people a choice to view the content or to look away, and knowing that you have a choice insulates a person from potentially unwelcome or disturbing sensory input. Therefore, I don't understand using "non-triggering" to describe content that doesn't deserve a warning in the first place.<br><br>How do you feel about the term, and do you think it's ever appropriate to use it to describe content that is not potentially upsetting or graphic?