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I feel like my trauma will never be enough. I was talking to my best friend about how in shock I was by something that my dad did (my parents are emotionally abusive & neglectful) and she tells me about how her dad was physically abusive. I feel stupid +
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Anonymous 1d

Hey, everyone has their own trauma whether as severe as someone else’s or just as bad. Why because our brains our weird and wired differently so something that may not be traumatic at all to one person doesn’t mean it’s not severely or just traumatic for you. I have stuff I very much feel isn’t very traumatic because of what people I know go through but that doesn’t make it not a trauma.

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Anonymous 1d

For even being “traumatized” (I was diagnosed with ptsd but it still feels invalid and I hate that)

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Anonymous 17h

a pinch can feel like a punch to someone else. you never know how something affects someone. your not stupid, your vaild.

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