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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do think there's a level of introspection that's unhealthy. I see it most in younger adults who don't have children yet. I even felt it in myself in my 20s. I felt untethered and had too much time to myself.

Now that I'm a parent it seems unreal to me how some young adults can cut off their parents for such minor things. Like a video I watched recently of a woman blaming her mom (always the mom...) for making her a people pleaser and saying that it was a trauma response. At some point you have to realize that your parents did the best they could do (absent REAL trauma like the ACE indicators) and everyone deserves grace. [/quote]

Amen.

I just interviewed a young woman who referred to a bad work experience as “her trauma” . Can we stop calling every unpleasant experience a “trauma” and go back to teaching resiliency and empowerment?  YOU decide how you react and YOU decide to give people power. YOU decide to move on. These kids have been told to marinate in their self-pity instead. it’s self-absorbed, unproductive, and unhelpful.[/quote]

Yes! Please teach resiliency. I think schools have done a good job about teaching how to be kind, equal and to not bully. But it's gone a bit far. My dd told me that it's okay to not finish things and to just take time for yourself and to sit in a corner. What?! no. I told her life requires her to be brave and that we're all going to do things we don't want to do. We should always make our best effort. When you're in the middle of something hard, just keep going because you're likely almost done. [/quote]

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