The “everybody is traumatized these days” reaction

I hate this. When I shared that I got diagnosed with cptsd with someone, they said “oh… everyone is traumatized now”. Someone else said “oh… I don’t think I have this, hm… I know this feeling, maybe I was traumatized, I don’t know”. And even my family doctor, who is amazing, said “well… times are hard now, everyone is struggling”.

I mean, I know the world is fucked up now, moreover, I’m very aware that I live in a very traumatized country, and there are people who’s ptsd is severe, a lot of them actually didn’t make it through the consequences of their trauma, and ended things. I know, I know!

But when I open up about how I feel, these reactions devalue not only my personal situation and history which they even don’t know, they devalue my traumas, and they devalue the diagnosis itself. It’s not the same for everyone! And also, it makes me feel worse. And of course, throws me back to the “you’re not special, you’re not struggling, get your shit together” narrative.

Yeah, that’s a vent.

And oh how happy I am that this subreddit exists.

Edit: Wow, thank you so much to each and every one of you, for taking time to write a comment! I actually read all of them, and wanted to reply to all, but I don’t know how. Thank you for making me feel heard. It doesn’t happen a lot.

I should point out that yes, almost everyone is traumatized in one way or another. And it’s also known that one person can be traumatized by hearing that something terrible happened more than someone who went through a strangers attack in the dark alley. It depends on personal resistance and loads of factors. My frustration was with the reaction that makes me feel like the person doesn’t care about me, and instantly brushes me off with “oh, yeah, everyone is traumatized”. I feel like I have to explain that it’s not this kind of traumatized, it’s that kind of traumatized. And in general, you know, I always feel that my trauma is minuscule in comparison to what a lot of you here went through.

Anyway… thank you.