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The Usefulness of Naming Trauma as a Hard Experience
I think the more inclusive we can be without being absolutely ridiculous, then the more people are going to be able to talk about this and hopefully heal and integrate some painful experiences. Calling it something with a term, this was trauma helps at times often to put it in a box that then orients us to what might need to happen. So just another facet that might be helpful, often folks will refer to capital T trauma and little T trauma. Big T trauma is an earthquake. Or some type of violent sexual assault. Little T trauma is stuff that just happens in relationship or builds along the way. It's not comparing the two, but trying to not justify trying to give credence to both