crazygringo 9 hours ago | root | parent | next [–]

No, you seem to be confused about the definition of trauma. This is important.

By definition, people who undergo traumatic events do not generally get better on their own. If they get over it easily, it's not classified as trauma.

Trauma is not defined by the event itself, but by the person's... See more

This sounds like a problem with learned definitions. Like how the word racism is misunderstood between different participants in culture war clashes - for some it needs to be intentional and malicious, for others it's an expression of systemic structural issues that's not even always an individuals fault.

Sometimes such distinctions are made larger than they have to be in an attempt to legitimize one as more important. This is pretty common among some people who have Autism/MPD/DID/ADHD or are trans - where out of fear of being seen as less legitimate (or being denied medical care) facing widening diagnostic criteria, higher incidence (or general... See more