some people who have gotten sick, lost people, or are working the front lines of this are being traumatized. but I just don’t think we can say that most people, who have to stay indoors for a few weeks but are otherwise okay, are “traumatized” https://twitter.com/popchassid/status/1247330002129084416

I’m not the trauma police but I did just spend 2 hours in group therapy with a lot of people who are dealing with relived trauma & ptsd & are barely surviving right now, and it feels like a slap in the mouth that people who are a bit inconvenienced are saying they’re traumatized

now I know it’s not everyone, and many are actually being traumatized for the first time. but a lot of people aren’t and are just using that language, language that has significant meaning and implications

an inconvenience isn’t trauma

we must be able to express ourselves in ways that don’t falsely hit Level 10 for a Level 6 experience. Things can be very uncomfortable & you can be upset, worried, and anxious and it still isn’t PTSD

it’s a very good practice for emotional intelligence and one we do in group therapy a lot, to take a sheet and write 1-10 and for each number, write what that level of discomfort or pain feels like physically and emotionally, & to use that scale *accurately*

I just feel very touchy about this as someone with ptsd and whose friends are relapsing and dying by suicide because their trauma is too extreme and the isolation is too hard. we aren’t all at level 10 rn and we should be thanking god, the stars, and the earth for that

I’m sure someone’s gonna ratio me for this thread but please just look at the replies I’ve sent to folks exploring this idea, and feel free to reach out for therapy materials. I’ve been doing DBT for years now & have many handouts!