Bringing traumatic events into the spotlight and dispelling myths.
Trauma is often misunderstood and its significance can be diluted by overgeneralization and misinformation.
Debunking widespread myths can help foster a balanced perspective.
Not all adverse experiences equate to trauma.
Even though trauma is having its moment, there have been periods where it was ignored, discredited, and denied as a “real” issue. These fluctuations in attention have often been influenced by misinterpretations, over-generalizations, and inconvenient implications.
Today, not only is trauma studied more extensively than ever before, but the term "trauma" is also increasingly applied to almost any emotional difficulty or stressful event—which raises questions about whether it might once again lose its significance, possibly becoming a figurative expression or dismissed as a mere pop-psychology trend. In a matter of seconds, we can inform thousands of individuals of something we misread or misinterpreted. I refer to this phenomenon as "psycho-gossip," where many individuals discuss their own or others’ mental disorders in a tone intended to entertain viewers and gain their approval...
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