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trauma dumping

noun

  1. unexpectedly sharing an unsolicited personal trauma story
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Wiktionary

noun

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

    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.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of trauma dump