What’s re the responses people should avoid when talking to traumatized persons?
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What’s re the responses people should avoid when talking to traumatized persons?
Don’t tell someone when to move on: you’re not in their shoes, you literally have no idea of what they’re going through at that moment, so never tell a traumatized person to move on and cheer up. Also, never tell a traumatized person they’re taking it personal. Or that some have it worse. Wow, just wow! You’re not sympathizing with them, well you may think you but you’re not. If anything, you’re only worsening their case. Cos if they don’t hate you, they may end up hating themselves and feel they’re probably doing too much by feeling bad and sad about a situation. Now do you want that?
When you’re trying to be compassionate to a traumatize person, you should always try to restrain from using the phrase “I under how you feel”. The actual truth is, you don’t know how they feel. Only they know how they truly feel, saying you know how they feel commonize their trauma. Personally, I don’t like people telling me that. I also don’t want people telling me how to feel, telling me not to cry, but that’s how I can heal, crying.