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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was in this friend's situation. My solution was to stop talking to people. Trauma is isolating. People don't understand, and though they love to think of themselves as lovely and caring, they're really just great big hypocrites.

Such a shame about your mood having been brought down, though, right?[/quote]

See, OP, this is the kind of self-pitying, poor me, manipulative response you’re likely to get from your friend.

But you should speak to her anyway, because you’re doing her a favor if she doesn’t want to be friendless and alone.[/quote]

NP she’ll still be friendless and alone. When the trauma is so big a part of your life that it’s who you are, if you can’t share, you have nothing to talk about so you’re friendless and alone. [/quote]

This. To give a Harry Potter example, isn't there a magical creature you can only see if you have watched someone die? Trauma changes you. There's this line between the world you find yourself in after trauma and the people who haven't experienced it. You can't really cross back for a social event. It marks you and it is in everything you do, think, and feel.

The people on the other side of the line have all kinds of defenses against the traumatized as a survival mechanism. That's why you all sound like mean girls even though you insist you're lovely, caring people. There must be some evolutionary need to chase unfortunate people out of the herd so their misfortune doesn't infect you. Blame them for harming you and then whatever you do to make them more unhappy is justified. [/quote]

And here is the difference between gen z and the rest of us. You’ve been told your trauma is your identity. So unhealthy and self-pitying. Stop giving people who hurt you continuous power over you and your life. Get therapy and learn ways to cope and overcome. Enjoy your life and make friends despite the terrible things you’ve gone through. MOST people have had “trauma” (especially the way Gen Z defines it), so stop wearing it on your sleeve, talking about it to everyone you meet, and making it your most important personality trait. It is not.

I admire this generation’s openness and efforts to reduce stigma,[b]  but it’s gone overboard into an unhealthy, self-centered embrace of victimhood. It’s not how you make friends or get to know someone. It’s not healthy. [/b]And you’re giving away your power -and your life- to stay focused on something or someone who hurt you. [/quote]

This is so true Re GenZ. Their trauma- whether perceived or real- is their identity . There is no growth or moving on from adversity . They are static[/quote]

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