<p>This programme may contain information that you might find to be evidence-based and informative... </p><p>Trigger warnings are everywhere. </p><p>They’re used in the news, on social media and in academia to flag potentially distressing material so we can emotionally prepare ourselves or avoid it. </p><p>But what if they actually make things worse? </p><p>We interrogate a growing body of evidence that suggests they aren’t working in the way they are intended. So should we still be using trigger warnings?</p><p>Also this week, we’ll hear from psychotherapist and author Stephen Grosz who'll share what he has learnt about love and gift-giving from four decades of conversations with his patients. </p><p>And Daryl O’Connor, Professor of Psychology at the University of Leeds, joins us in the studio and brings news of a study on links between discrimination and inflammation in the body, and why carrying out acts of kindness for others comes with benefits for you...</p><p>Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Gerry Holt
Content editor: Ilan Goodman
Production coordinator: Jana Holesworth
Studio engineer: Bob Nettles</p>
