can we stop using physical/sexual abuse for general system traumas?
physical/sexual abuse = trauma
trauma ≠ physical/sexual abuse
in fact, most systems around the world were developed because of these types of abuse, but indirectly people often end up invalidating other systems that have suffered other types of trauma by portraying it only as the physical or sexual ones.
here’s the meaning of trauma:
parents fighting each other every single day can be traumatic for a child.
humiliation, bullying, social exclusion and/or prejudice can be traumatic for a child.
religious issues (occurs when an individual struggles with leaving a religion or a set of beliefs that has led to their indoctrination. it often involves the trauma of breaking away from a controlling environment, lifestyle, or religious figure. font) can be traumatic for a child (ex.: a child forced by their parents to believe only in a certain religion and facing punishment if they question its beliefs or the parents’ attitude).
daily verbal abuse/emotional instability from parents can be traumatic for a child (yelling, insults).
and other types of intense, prolongated trauma!
any trauma is valid.

























