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Our emotional pain became a product

Our emotional pain became a product

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·December 14, 2025
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derbOac

Although I think the phenomenon they write about is real, I have difficulty sympathizing with these types of essay because I see them as causing more harm than good.

Gatekeeping trauma with a broad brush is never good in my mind. Calling out specific performative or attention-seeking episodes? Sure. But it doesn't need to go beyond that, in my opinion.

I also think life is generally hard, and I don't begrudge anyone trying to get help in whatever form for whatever thing they might need. If you have a headache, maybe you reach for an analgesic. You don't shame people for reaching for analgesics because some others are in truly need of global anesthetic.

mzajc

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Aeglaecia

literally everyone and everything has had the shit traumatized out of it on a daily basis since forever , if anything this overpathologization seems to be increasing trauma and hypersensitization

mapontosevenths

This "literally" is not true for most people. I typically go many years between traumatic events, and most of those are better designated as standard major life events than severe trauma.

If you've genuinely been that miserable everyday of your life you might want to consider getting some sort of help.