tl dead? i think gen z glamorizes not getting better from your trauma

you know i get it recovery is hard and relapsing is hard too but i literally feel like all of the jokes of “oh if you don’t have trauma you’re not funny” “haha i hate myself so much i stayed awake longer than you” is genuinely messing us up

i don’t know. i wish there was more of a positive culture for gen z kids, it’s hard to see which ppl really need help if we’re all constantly joking about it, it’s hard to see which ppl r at rock bottom when we’re all saying “trauma is what makes you funny”

“stop invalidating people’s coping mechanisms” as a person who literally uses humor to cope that shit can be incredibly dangerous and turn sour fast and it’s not invalidating to call that out

literally all coping mechanisms can be and turn toxic. that’s not invalidating, it’s just true