The chapter explores the concept of dissociation, highlighting its various manifestations and emphasizing that it can occur outside of traumatic experiences. It also raises concerns about an influencer who claims authority on trauma despite lacking expertise, discussing the potential consequences of their content on people's understanding of their own childhood experiences.
If you open any social media app, you're likely to eventually come across videos of people discussing trauma.
The hashtag TraumaTok has billions of views...
So how did trauma take over the internet? And what effect is it having on our mental health? Technology Reporter Ariel Bogle investigates.