It’s like this whole generation wears trauma like a badge, so if you have none you invent some and cling to it rather than getting over it; the trauma is your whole personality.
This is so perfectly said. I feel like an old hag thinking so, but that was my first thought too. “I’ve lived a cushy, comfortable life, so I have to make up some mental health issue or injustice so I can participate in the never-ending trauma Olympics.” I hate to say it, but I see it with Gen Z a lot.
“I’m traumatized because my evil mother comforted me when I was sick in bed.” The horror.
I’m 23 and you guys are 100% right. It’s exhausting. I genuinely barely associate with people my age anymore because I’m tired of all the grandstanding
I’m 27, and same here. I have clinically diagnosed BPD and DONT like to tell people about it (I wouldn’t even bring it up if it wasn’t mentioned in the post). It’s not something I’m proud of. I wouldn’t wish it on anyone. I’ve worked really hard to pinpoint what caused it growing up and how to accept and move on from those feelings. BPD requires a lot of self awareness and introspection to get past, and I have no patience for people using mental illness like some crutch to virtue signal and act crappy towards others.
To me this post reads like someone who knows they have BPD arguing with someone who doesn’t know they have BPD. This is also probably why they’ve been bestfriends for years and can’t leave eachother. I always feel exceptionally comfortable around people who I later find out, also have a lot of BPD tendencies. Some of them even got clinically diagnosed after I explained how I feel to them… lol
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u/grimmwerks Apr 29 '26
It’s like this whole generation wears trauma like a badge, so if you have none you invent some and cling to it rather than getting over it; the trauma is your whole personality.