It’s often hard for neurotypical people to understand this, which I get. But it really can be traumatic

  • El_Scapacabra@lemm.eeEnglish
    122·
    28 days ago

    It’s really simple. If someone is traumatized by something, it was traumatic for them. Sure there are different kinds of trauma but there’s no need to gatekeep or invalidate people’s experiences.

    • leisesprecher@feddit.orgEnglish
      315·
      28 days ago

      Of course there is. As I wrote above: if everything is a trauma, nothing is.

      You can’t just expand the meaning of a well defined word just because you like the vibe of it applying to the victim group of the day.

      • Senal@slrpnk.netEnglish
        51·
        28 days ago

        In the same way you can’t apply narrow definition for a word to all situations, when other more contextually correct definitions exist ?

        (I mean, you can, but you probably shouldn’t)

        You can’t just expand the meaning of a well defined word just because you like the vibe of it applying to the victim group of the day.

        Also that is literally how languages change over time, so…yes, you can.

        Though having a narrow definition of what a language can and can’t be does track with your general vibe so far…

      • Nay@feddit.nlEnglish
        31·
        27 days ago

        This is a general reply to most of your replies in this post…

        Everything isn’t trauma. Trauma is relative.

        You keep minimizing things, saying stuff like “One joke” or “A bruise.”

        You are disregarding the context of repetition and time.

        Imagine getting 15 quarter size bruises a day over the course of several years. Is that not trauma?

        I don’t know why this is such a pain-point for you, but a little empathy would probably help.