It's upsetting when a major character that you've grown attached to dies. More so than some random redshirt.

Sometimes a character suffering from an explicit mental illness can trigger people who have previously experiences or are experiencing, causing them to relapse or worsen their mental health. For example, there are many shows in which characters deal very explicitly with depression, which might cause someone who has suffered from depression in the past to relapse.

Any strain, sprain, pain in the Achilles heel, and especially any cutting or stabbing or pulling or biting.

I was abused by my ex often with slapping and seeing women get slapped in movies usually causes me to have a bad panic attack. I would like to know before

A surprise cancer diagnosis or an unexpected subplot/plot twist about a grave or even terminal disease can be upsetting to viewers, especially if they or one of their loved ones recently went through something similar themselves. It’s often not apparent from the synopsis of a movie/show that illness will be major aspect of the story. Sometimes cancer or a similar sickness is just added for extra drama or raising the stakes or softening the blow of a character’s death, so it’s not foreseeable. It would be very helpful to have this as a category. Thanks everyone! <3

Many people have experienced the anxiety and stress resulting from an infestation of creepy crawlies that feed on their bodies. Bedbugs are especially stressful as they remove a sense of safety in the home and make sleep a frightening prospect (as they feed on blood while you sleep). Similarly, botfly larva, tapeworms, hookworms, leeches, etc all evoke body horror from a lack of bodily integrity. In short, parasites can cause a fear of one’s surroundings and lack of security in one’s own body.

Because it is a stereotype and it can offend people with blonde hair. Having blonde hair has nothing to do with intelligence.

Child abuse, domestic violence, whippings, even bdsm scenarios are a big fat no if the leather straps are involved. Too much trauma behind that and I’m even having a hard time writing this.

Seeing the r-slur uncensored in any context can be pretty jarring to some, myself included. Since this site is designed with the purpose of helping others avoid triggering content, having a category with an uncensored slur defeats its purpose. Please fix this.

Some people do not want to watch a show/movie where an abortion procedure is performed. Parents like myself do not want my kids to see abortion scenarios on screen. Examples include "Cider House Rules," "Grey's Anatomy," "Dirty Dancing," "Scandal," and many others. The current category on your site only mentions characters who wished they'd aborted a child, or a character being forced into an abortion, which are different concerns than my own.

Many games (particularly JRPGs) and anime have children and teens who are sexualized by adult characters or framed in a sexual way to the audience. This can be triggering for survivors of CSA.

Verbal, emotional physical, sexual, financial, or neglectful abuse by a parent/parental figure. (E.g. Gaslighting)

Being outed means having ones LGBT+ identity revealed without their concent or being made to reveal ones LGBT+ identity under force or duress. This can be deeply upsetting to people who have been outed, especially if it resulted in backlash.

Even if you don't have kids or don't like them, there are people who can get very stressed and even have anxiety attacks when an infant is either killed or in danger. I've never had kids but I've nannied for a lot, and it makes me sick to my stomach when an infant is clearly in danger or killed in media.

Any jarring loud noises that one wouldn't expect to hear/could catch somebody off guard. Anything from gunshots, explosions, screaming, or even smaller things like a door slamming loudly. If something is loud and/or unexpected enough to make the viewer jump a bit, it's possible that it could trigger people with PTSD related to loud noises, even if the noise doesn't come specifically from a gun or explosive device.

Many women are victims of physical violence and abuse. Women in media are often made into narrative props that get used as targets for violence, for shock value. This may overlap with some cases of other categories, but encompasses the broader range of situations where women are made into hapless victims of brutal treatment, for shock. Being able to know, beforehand, whether a piece of media includes this trope would be greatly beneficial to many women.

It's very violent to see, especially when it's committed towards a particular group of people (like black or LGBT+ people), and also it can touch people who knew someone who died this way

This pandemic has left most of us traumatized. Whether we got infected with Covid-19 and/or lost a loved one to it, I think it's very important to mention if a movie/TV show depicts it. Especially now that Hollywood is pushing more Covid-19 pandemic related content which is the last thing most of us want to see.

"A Character That is Diabetic" -- this fact about Them could be shown on screen, hinted at in passing, told by a 2nd party or only in the origial book adaptation. Such as; one of The Main Characters in the GodFather is a servere Diabetic in the Book, ( to the point they needs 3 doses of insulin a day to live). However, this fact is not told in the film...So their death come out of Nowhere. All becouse the character was in a place where they could not get their insulin in time -- And lead to a lot of Film fans to get angery for not being told about this important fact thats only in the book. (Years later)

If a bug is shown squashed or electrocuted, it's not a great sight, whether you like or hate bugs. It's gross and could take away from scenes if someone is sensitive to this.