To think that trauma is now a status symbol?

Oh the irony 😂 but thanks for proving my point

I don't find this at all with family, friends, colleagues or acquaintances and I don't see it online either. If you look for this stuff online you'll find it though, but then it will also find you. It's your judgement that is skewed.

You don’t get to say what people post on an open forum. If you don’t like it, scroll on 🙂

Totally agree

As someone with cptsd i kind of agree. Nobody around me knows about this diagnosis apart from people who need to know my gp, cmht and the crisis team. I suffered years of csa until I was taken in to care. And its really insulting when people throw around the word trauma. I fully appreciate trauma can mean different things to different people but come on if some one is posting about how traumatised they are because their parents shouted at them once. Its like everything at the minute and I blame social media. Everyone's ex is a narcissist. Everyone is gaslighting everyone. Everyone is depressed and has anxiety. Everyone is ND. People who really struggle dont constantly post about it. Iv seen people who reckon they are in a crisis set up a camera and call 999 and then rufuse to be helped then post it they will do this weekly. Iv been in a crisis a few times and its never entered my head to get out my phone record it and then post it to social media. Its the same with self harm people use to do it where it could be hidden now everyone is walking round with cut foreheads so everyone can see

Please do enlighten us further as to what constitutes trauma versus lack of resilience.....

Trauma is also really subjective. Someone can find something traumatic but it might not be as “bad” as someone else’s. It doesn’t make it less valid
I think it does in some cases make it less valid. Some 'traumad' could be labeled as a 'complete lack of resilience'. I don't think these are valid. It doesn't help them and helps even less others.

I think so too. I have trauma and have just been diagnosed with PTSD. I closed all my social media down because I can't face it or people in general. On a daily basis, I talk to my DD, AI and my therapist once a week. The last thing I want to do is shout from the rooftops because I am liable to burst into tears.

You don’t get to say how others deal with or talk about their trauma. It’s individual. Either be supportive or say nothing.

Adding to my comment, you must still think everyone should keep their trauma private? I don’t like this attitude, of course if you do not wish to talk about it publicly- absolutely fine! But why should someone keep quiet about a awful time they went through,

I guess I do disagree with you. I think people are seeing others open up about their trauma and most post online about it to show awareness and share their story.

Trauma is also really subjective. Someone can find something traumatic but it might not be as “bad” as someone else’s. It doesn’t make it less valid.

Totally agree OP.

YABVU and frankly weird.

Yup. I agree OP.

It's like people don't feel they actually exist unless they've got considerable drama going on.

You'll get lots of people with genuine trauma taking this personally and telling you you're "disgusting" or something.

Well yeah for some people - but it’s like a pendulum isn’t it - we used to bury it and treat it as shameful, which is terrible, now trauma is an overused word and can be a bit of a competition.

It will settle down.

In the meantime, curate your feeds.

A lot of things that used to be private are now shared all over social media by some people. I guess they're chasing validation and that's a very human thing. Agree that it does bring out some people's competitive streak and that can be unpleasant and unhelpful