The above is an excerpt from an email sent from the faculty senate at American University on the use of trigger warnings. This assertion could be said to be wrong as trigger warnings in no way alter the content of a material rather it is a pre-emptive warning. If anything it promotes a learning environment where students feel safe and not stigmatised, it opens up and improves correspondence amongst students and educators, especially those who have had some sort of traumatic experience. In the long run the fear of being triggered will be substantially