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> But you are making assumptions just like that: what makes you say 51% of the population can't handle particular types of trauma better than others? The fact
by sillysaurusx 1y ago
> But you are making assumptions just like that: what makes you say 51% of the population can't handle particular types of trauma better than others?
The fact that most people’s actions are influenced by trauma in ways they don’t even realize. That’s why it’s called trauma instead of temporary.
- necovek 1y agoMost people's actions are influenced both by stressful, but also by positive events in our lives: that's what makes us, really, "us". And really, everyone experiences what one would call trauma (trauma can be temporary as well). When an event, positive or negative, influences us in a way where we can't continue to operate according to certain norms, we recognize that as a mental health issue. So we can either claim that there are no people without mental health issues, which I think is not a very useful "calibration" of the terminology, or we can establish a baseline where we expect people to have some challenges with mental health which we call "normal response to trauma", and focus on those who have exaggerated or diminished responses.