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trauma dump en · VERB
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(informal) To divulge one's personal difficulties inappropriately or without the consent of the listener.
He was meant to be making Adam feel better, not trauma dumping his own sorry past.
2022, Jennifer Knightly, Paradise Lost & Found, unnumbered page: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.
2021, Lucy Perrone, "Ange déchu", SHEI Magazine, Fall 2021, page 43Many [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.
2022 April 5, Holly Wethey, Wendy Zhao, Jackie Lee, “Exam-season survival guide”, in The McGill Tribune, McGill University, page 14:
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