Meaning of trauma dumping | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of divulging one's personal difficulties inappropriately or without the consent of the listener.

informal, uncountable

Examples

“The interview process was pretty straightforward, consisting of standard scenario questions followed by an average amount of trauma dumping.”

“Venting to loved ones is fine, because it involves smaller, everyday problems; trauma dumping isn't because it involves bigger, deep-rooted problems.”

“In a twist shocking to absolutely no one, much of the writing surrounding Women Talking has involved negative regressive accusations of wokeism and trauma dumping on one hand, and vague liberal fawning of praise on the other.”

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