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Trauma Response

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Mental health terminology critiqued for being overused by younger generations to pathologize minor discomforts and avoid accountability

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"'Trauma response' is the only verbiage through which they understand how maybe a parent wasn't so loving, so now a snide comment = mental health crisis. They have no contextual understanding how minor inconveniences can and SHOULD be resolved quietly to themselves by being a little anxious for a nig"
Zoomer attitude towards mental health is destroying people · u/franzoh7 · ↑1162 · 2022-03-16
"All the while they get another piercing, gain another 20# and vlog about surviving their narcissist parents and how their childhood trauma is why they are an autistic ADHD neurodivergent nightmare"
"There is something so deeply humiliating about opening up to someone about your feelings/emotions/traumas and for them to completely diminish it by just repeating their stupid fucking script that they probably give to all patients, about how it's because of "xyz from the past, your parents, etc etc""
"What if I have anxiety because of trauma and don't have the confidence to speak up?"
It drives me crazy when people get accusative when given good advice · u/Negative-Net7551 · ↑144 · 2024-02-24
"this lady is mad at a commenter for asking the OP in a fine hair sub to not use terms like "having PTSD from a bad haircut" so casually"
The state of trauma discourse · u/StatementNo9 · ↑98 · 2024-11-26
"I can see her having a trauma response (hyperarousal or dissociation) during her event, leading her to just check out, understandable."
SIMONE BILES · u/deadman_young · ↑90 · 2021-07-31
"The woman (who is an adult) does like a baby face and fake cries and it's so weird and lame. And like people are loving it. It really feels like a weird trauma parade"
"can you even survive real-life trauma without spontaneously combusting?"
people that describe TV scenes or movies as "traumatic" · u/srosarioo · ↑78 · 2023-11-14
"I tried to explain it to my therapist and she said it's 'a trauma response,' but I think I'm just over it."
Accidentally trad because I'm too depressed to be a girlboss · u/Serendepity_666 · ↑67 · 2025-06-26
"Ive seen like 2 major 'asian' media things where they focus on 'generational trauma' as a core message and first off they gotta stop with that shit but also why are they talking about it..,and why is no other race talking about it"
Asia generational trauma · u/Frida_Few · ↑65 · 2023-04-11
"I can't look at cat memes on facebook without coming across a zoomer telling a girl she has "trauma and was exploited" for dating a college boy when she was 16"
The word "trauma" needs to be banned for at least 10 years · u/Business_Adagio9942 · ↑60 · 2025-10-14
"Seems like the type of people who like the show are just therapy culture obsessed. Just a cesspool of therapy speak and arm chair diagnosing."
"Right now there is a woman claiming she broke up with her bf because he never closed her closet door and it brought back trauma from when a homeless man was in her closet as a kid"
"I trauma dump"
"Like A&D mentioned in one pod episode, I agree it's mostly better not to advertise one's trauma or weaponize the trauma in general. I'm sick that Zoomers exploit the word trauma so often and just victimize themselves."
"I see tweet after tweet saying that someone's therapist confirmed that their ex bf was abusive, or told them they deserve more in dating, or told them that all their 'trauma' is really all their parents fault."
Why are therapists such enablers? · u/Turbulent-Lie-2240 · ↑45 · 2025-01-07
"I've seen a number of people say 'I took mushrooms and it healed my trauma,' and then they just stop. Like, what is this abstract, quantifiable nonsense?"
People talk about trauma in weird ways · u/aTallBrickWall · ↑33 · 2024-04-03
"I work in a field where I constantly go to trainings to make sure I'm employing "trauma informed" practices."
Self care · u/Platonictectonics · ↑26 · 2022-08-20
"she told me that i was 'trauma dumping' (which i think is a flawed concept but u know)"
sexual assault + losing friends · u/kazumotoendo · ↑25 · 2022-05-04
"Anna and Dasha said everyone is picking 'trauma' off the shelf these days. TikTok, Twitter and Instagram are awash with people (especially celebrities) discussing 'trauma' in superficial terms"
"As a result of her trauma, she is being triggered by all the lights and people in the courtroom. They need to cancel the the trial to make her feel safe and valid"
Ghislaine maxwell is suffering from mental illness · u/bitchyfuxkjngbltch34 · ↑24 · 2021-12-01
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