When a Friend Makes Light of Trauma—6 Steps to Speak Up Without Conflict

When a Friend Makes Light of Trauma—6 Steps to Speak Up Without Conflict

It happens in a moment that you weren’t quite prepared for. You share something significant — a painful memory, a difficult experience, something that cost you something real to say out loud — and the response you receive is a dismissive laugh, a “well, everyone goes through hard things,” or the conversation pivoted before you’d […]