Pippa O'Connor #3 POCO clothes overpriced hype, Brian's an arse, UP is shyte

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Tbf it would be a trigger for me but I thought the way she spoke about it was really genuine and just really nice. I think that makes it a bit easier because you really feel like the person understands what you feel and has genuine empathy. I think that makes all the difference when talking about such a subject.
 
isn’t it sad that she’d have to second guess putting up something that can help people so much because she doesn’t now put up a ‘trigger warning’. I struggled to have my third child and felt that guilt as I was already so lucky and I know how hard it is for lots of people, I just never spoke about it. I think she’s been very honest and it puts all into perspective- social media isn’t always as it seems and to admit you regret mean comments last year is great but def think she helped a lot of people with this. If people see it and don’t want to listen then just turn it off ♥️
 
Babyboo75 said:
All this trigger warning nonsense...we are all adults living in the big bad world who willingly choose to participate in social media where there is very little regulation...
If you follow a female blogger in their 20s/30s there is a good chance they are going to post about and discuss things like pregnancy, babies etc
If anyone is triggered by topics like tbis they should make the choice to stay away from a space like instagram....
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I remember queuing in work a few years ago for the canteen just s few weeks after a miscarriage. The girl behind me was telling a funny story about her sister then to give some meaning to the hilarity of the story she explsined that the sister was pregnant. I remember the sting of tears as I tried to fight them back. But such is life. I suppose in this day and age I would have had to tell her I was triggered and stop telling her story. Honestly give me strength.
 
Bomfi said:
She said life isn’t always perfect and what it seems on social media. Why go to such pains to portray your life so perfectly then? When everything is presented so flawlessly and perfect what else are people supposed to believe?
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Some of the influencers who have shown real life things like death or illness are the ones getting the most hate on here. If they are happy they are the worst in the world if they are sad they are looking for attention! At the end of the day the likes of Instagram was always a place for showing your best side, I know on my personal page I don't share pictures of me struggling or feeling sad or going through something tough.
Also, I think it has taken Pippa this long to be able to talk about her miscarriage, if she had come on at the time she would've been so emotional and it would've been quite difficult to watch.
If people don't know that everyone doesn't live a flawless life then more fool them. Everyone experiences ups and downs, everyone deals with them in different ways.
And my final thoughts on it, most of the time I go on social media for a break from the shite in life! I do really admire the likes of Pippa for opening up taboo conversations, and I like following the likes of Sinead Hingston, but in both those examples they do it in a way that is comforting, inspiring, not "ugh this is so shite"
 
dotiedot said:
Some of the influencers who have shown real life things like death or illness are the ones getting the most hate on here. If they are happy they are the worst in the world if they are sad they are looking for attention! At the end of the day the likes of Instagram was always a place for showing your best side, I know on my personal page I don't share pictures of me struggling or feeling sad or going through something tough.
Also, I think it has taken Pippa this long to be able to talk about her miscarriage, if she had come on at the time she would've been so emotional and it would've been quite difficult to watch.
If people don't know that everyone doesn't live a flawless life then more fool them. Everyone experiences ups and downs, everyone deals with them in different ways.
And my final thoughts on it, most of the time I go on social media for a break from the shite in life! I do really admire the likes of Pippa for opening up taboo conversations, and I like following the likes of Sinead Hingston, but in both those examples they do it in a way that is comforting, inspiring, not "ugh this is so shite"
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This is very well put!!
 
Pippa's stories broke my heart. It was so honest and genuine. She was very brave to open up the conversation.
I had a miscarriage earlier this year and could identify with what she said. We didn't tell anyone. I had major guilt as it wasn't a planned pregnancy and after the initial shock we felt so excited to be adding to our family. I felt guilty for my initial reaction to the pregnancy and I felt so bad for feeling sad when it ended. I already had 3 beautiful children and was trying to think how lucky I was but kept crying. Last night I watched Pippa's story for a second time with my husband and I called my mum and sister and told them about the miscarriage. It was a huge relief. My husband told his brother and best friend. I am sure Pippa helped a lot of people yesterday.
 
I think Pippa got it!! She knew she had to announce her pregnancy but understood the announcement wasn't going to fill everyone with the warm fuzzies, that for some people it would be upsetting. Anyone going through it, might think, here's another one pregnant!! Why isn't it so easy for me?
Her opening up was her way of saying I get it, it's awful and there is hope.
And if you are bottling things up sometimes it's best to share because in the end it may help you and it may even help someone else.
I don't feel like a warning was warranted because she spoke from the heart and was so sincere. She genuinely wanted what she had to say to help others.
On the other hand Terry McEvoy's announcement was very in your face and should of had some kind of warning because the circumstances in the lead up were so different because of her newly appointed role as B.A for a fertility company.
I do think the whole "trigger warning" is very 2021 as others have said life is hard and we deal with crappy things daily but her lack of sympathy for anyone that started following her because of her link with Repromed was awful and I definitely think some kind of heads up from her was warranted or maybe she should of just refused the role in the first place🤷🏼‍♀️
 
No, now I'm sorry if this offends anybody but a trigger warning on somebodies pregnancy announcement/sharing her experience of miscarriage is just crazy talk.

Pippa portrayed her stories very well and very sensitively yesterday. She carefully chose what she said so as not to hurt or insult anybody going through their own struggles. I suffered a miscarriage recently and yes I was teary watching it yesterday but ya know what, its damn hard going through it and so nice hearing these stories knowing you're not the only one having those thoughts. Even when she said about sort of brushing it off and just wanting to get off the bed and go home, I felt exactly that. And at a time where you spend a lot of time feeling like your body has failed you or wondering If there is something wrong with you, it's nice to hear somebody else has experienced exactly that. That's just my opinion and I'm sure people going through their own journeys feel differently. But I do feel like the likes of Pippa will never get it right in some people's eyes.
 
As others have said I think Pippa handled it well.

My unprofessional opinion on trigger warnings is that they rob people of the experience of dealing with difficult stuff. Life is bloody hard sometimes - people have miscarriages, kids die of cancer, people have lost business due to Covid etc.
Unless you spend your life with earphones in & your eyes shut, something somewhere is going to upset you.
Perhaps that is too brutal a viewpoint, but as a older person looking at the younger generation it seems to me a lot of the detail of life is lost in labels & hashtags.
 
Chocolate2008 said:
As others have said I think Pippa handled it well.

My unprofessional opinion on trigger warnings is that they rob people of the experience of dealing with difficult stuff. Life is bloody hard sometimes - people have miscarriages, kids die of cancer, people have lost business due to Covid etc.
Unless you spend your life with earphones in & your eyes shut, something somewhere is going to upset you.
Perhaps that is too brutal a viewpoint, but as a older person looking at the younger generation it seems to me a lot of the detail of life is lost in labels & hashtags.
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I agree. Life is hard. tit happens but you can’t filter out the “unpleasant” stuff all the time. I think people who are easily “triggered” are in for a lot of pain in the future as nobody gets through life without experiencing grief, illness, work problems, fertility issues etc. I think it’s much healthier to listen and talk about issues.
 
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