hello :) this is a quick carrd i threw together to raise awareness to touch triggers on pony town! there is a huge lack of effort so please ignore that LOL!!
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hello there (again) !
im kay. i have a sister called elouise who is diagnosed with haphephobia, the fear of being touched. this happened when she was 12 due to her being sexually harassed at a young age.
i asked elouise to describe what its like living with such a terrible phobia, heres her response, quoted directly,
"its terrible, i feel so guilty about it everyday. somebody could come the slightest bit close to me and ill recoil like a frightened cat. i constantly beat myself up for it, its hard living like this. i wish i could feel comforted in somebodys touch, but no matter how much i try or trust them, i cant bring myself to allow them around me without enforcing a distance boundary."
shes 17 now and has never found herself to feel safe in somebodys touch for 6 years.
before i go into depth, ill explain what touch trigger, touch discomfort and phantom touch mean.
touch discomfort feeling uncomfortable when being touched, different people may experience this in different capacities, with different boundaries and exceptions.
touch trigger feeling severely uncomfortable when people and/or a specific thing, material, animal, etc. touches you, upto the point where you could suffer from physical syptoms such as panic attacks.
phantom touch being able to feel an action, emote or gesture that was performed virtually being repeated in real life. this often occurs in vr games.
touch discomforts, triggers and phantom touch are all a result of trauma including sexual assault, rape, abuse and other forms of traumatic occurances.
these are all atrocious and i would never wish them upon anyone at any cost.
some physical syptoms of being touched with a tt include ;;
. choking sensations
. chest pain
. dissociation
. hyperventilation
. a sense of impending danger
. intrusive thoughts
. panic attacks
and a lot more !! these are all very tough to deal with despise how easy they may sound.
pony town has a lot of tt/td havers, which are most likely people looking for attention, or finding another thing to be petty about.
but i often see A LOT of people with tt / td on MCYT/Simp Hill. everybody has some form of discomfort towards touch on that hill /hyp.
there is no way that many people could experience such a terrible thing on a My Little Pony game.
IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING PHANTOM TOUCH ON A PONY GAME, PLEASE CONTACT HELP. THAT IS NOT NORMAL AND YOU NEED IMMEDIATE HELP FROM A PROFESSIONAL. YOU ARE NOT OKAY. /lh /srs
having a tt/td doesnt make you cool, quirky, funny, different or trendy. they make you look like an asshole.
triggers and discomforts towards touch are a real thing that people have to deal with due to actual trauma. my heart goes out to everyone who has suffered, you're valid & i love you so much <3
please rethink whether you have a trigger or if you just dislike something. try changing the tt/td in ur name to DNT or DNI, which mean Do Not Touch / Do Not Interact. you are more likely to be respected then, and its a way to display that you do not want to be touched without mocking haphephobia!