Your experiences with LARPs is both... really fascinating (because I only ever dreamed of LARPing--Vampire, the Masquerade, no less,) and horrifying.
And, of course you're right. The whole point of being conscious of the idea of saftey in any RPG is so that people can DO THEIR BEST to avoid it. As you know, it's going to happen unintentionally sometimes. There's just no way to foresee every trigger. So, the best pratice is... to be kind. To apologize or make amends where you can, let the injured person know their feelings are valued and respected, and to involve everyone that wants to be involved in making it right (or right enough) going forward--including allowing the injured party to have agency over their own pain (if they want! For folks with PTSD, it can be valuable to have the ability to direct and rewrite a story to underscore redirecting their own, Real Life issues.)
But you know all that. It's clear you're sympathetic and empathetic and have had lots of experience dealing with this--probably in lots of different contexts! Isn't teaching in some ways a daily excercise in threading a lot of these same issues?
I also don't know where we go from here, but, despite everything, I remain open and hopeful. I am really hoping that just walking away from the table for a session or two will help reset things for me and I can return to at least where we WERE.
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And, of course you're right. The whole point of being conscious of the idea of saftey in any RPG is so that people can DO THEIR BEST to avoid it. As you know, it's going to happen unintentionally sometimes. There's just no way to foresee every trigger. So, the best pratice is... to be kind. To apologize or make amends where you can, let the injured person know their feelings are valued and respected, and to involve everyone that wants to be involved in making it right (or right enough) going forward--including allowing the injured party to have agency over their own pain (if they want! For folks with PTSD, it can be valuable to have the ability to direct and rewrite a story to underscore redirecting their own, Real Life issues.)
But you know all that. It's clear you're sympathetic and empathetic and have had lots of experience dealing with this--probably in lots of different contexts! Isn't teaching in some ways a daily excercise in threading a lot of these same issues?
I also don't know where we go from here, but, despite everything, I remain open and hopeful. I am really hoping that just walking away from the table for a session or two will help reset things for me and I can return to at least where we WERE.