LadyButterfly@lemmy.world to Mental Health@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWe all need patiencelemmy.worldimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down132
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minus-squareAnamnesis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThe part that’s bothering people is the “traumatized people can’t be responsible for other people’s comfort.” It sounds too much like “I’m sorry if my reaction made you uncomfortable, but I have trauma and so I’m not responsible.”
minus-squareTempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIf this was what was commented, I’d have a different argument and tone. But they were explicit in mentioning lashing out. We can discuss your statement, but I didn’t want to muddy my response with it.
The part that’s bothering people is the “traumatized people can’t be responsible for other people’s comfort.” It sounds too much like “I’m sorry if my reaction made you uncomfortable, but I have trauma and so I’m not responsible.”
If this was what was commented, I’d have a different argument and tone. But they were explicit in mentioning lashing out.
We can discuss your statement, but I didn’t want to muddy my response with it.