trauma dump

English

Alternative forms

• trauma-dump

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Verb

trauma dump (third-person singular simple present trauma dumps, present participle trauma dumping, simple past and past participle trauma dumped)

1. (informal, psychology) To divulge one's personal difficulties inappropriately or without the consent of the listener.
   • 2021, Lucy Perrone, "Ange déchu", SHEI Magazine, Fall 2021, page 43:

     I am not these men's therapists and I am not here for them to trauma dump while they neglect to consider my feelings or even listen to my stories.

   • 2022, Jennifer Knightly, Paradise Lost & Found, unnumbered page:

     He was meant to be making Adam feel better, not trauma dumping his own sorry past.

   • 2022 April 5, Holly Wethey, Wendy Zhao, Jackie Lee, “Exam-season survival guide”, in The McGill Tribune, McGill University, page 14:

     Many [professors] are happy to accommodate students or compromise on deadlines to an extent. There's no need to trauma-dump in your email—keep it simple and polite. Outline briefly where you're struggling and offer a time frame or plan that would allow you to complete the work in full.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:trauma dump.

Related terms

• trauma dumping

See also

• overshare
• too much information