A Personal Perspective: We use "trauma" for every inconvenience we encounter, as if it's cool. It's not.
recently told me she experienced"trauma" because a friend gave her a dirty look. I’ve heard other young people use the word"trauma" to describe not being invited to a party or a parent yelling at them for playing hooky or being asked to redo a school assignment. A demanding boss, a bad date, a discontinued Starbucks drink, getting caught in the rain, a Soul Cycle teacher switching studios—I’ve heard it all described as"trauma.
At the most basic level, the popularization of the term “trauma” undermines and invalidates the suffering of those who have experienced real trauma. Placing our discomfort and daily life irritations on the same playing field with the suffering of someone who’s lived through terrifying, violating, or life-threatening events is absurd, disrespectful, and even unkind.
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