@[email protected] @Jackthelion totally agree re: exposure therapy, I was being glib but my underlying point is that there isn’t any medical evidence stating that these things help.
I guess I just don’t see how every humanities class (or history class) is supposed to warn everyone over everything. As you said, you can’t know. Even people with trauma can’t always know. If you’re taking a literature class, you shouldn’t be surprised when some of the content is discomforting; art is often discomforting.