• I don’t really think that’s the point. It suggests that a lot of trauma in someone’s life can result in difficulty having normal relationships and interactions with people. That’s a perfectly valid position even if simply stated. There’s no need to enumerate the list of causes in casual conversation.

        • @callouscomic@lemm.ee
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          -23 months ago

          It also helps nothing to say a cliche phrasing that’s been said for a heck of a long time. It’s so simple and repetitious at this point that in a way it devalues the seriousness of the issue.

      • There are certainly enough people who grew up with immense privilege who have no problem hurting other people. Are they traumatized? I mean, we can’t rule out the possibility.

        On the other hand, have they been cushioned from the painful consequences their own actions have on others? Absolutely.

      • @Krauerking@lemy.lol
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        I wonder if it is more used by people that don’t want to accept suffering as a base for all humans cause the only people that repeat that phrase to me are ones that don’t want to make allowances for hurt people to exist in their world.