For instance, when someone describes going to school as “traumatic,” they often simply refer to it as a negative experience. This is not to say that everyone who went to school never had a traumatic experience; however, some individuals appear to overuse the term. Another example could be considering being lightly pushed into a locker as “traumatic.”

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    4 months ago

    The biggest example of the increased focus on mental health imo is the increased use of “narcisstist” as a slur. So many people are engaging in hate speech saying mentally ill people are abusers, and they aren’t even conscious of their actions because they never thought critically about the words they use.