Meanings
- informaluncountablehuman sciencesThe 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.
2021 October 6, Clara Gerlach, “Fordham Spearheads New Couch Psychology Practice”, in The Observer, Fordham University, page 122 more examples
Venting to loved ones is fine, because it involves smaller, everyday problems; trauma dumping isn't because it involves bigger, deep-rooted problems.
2022 July, Mahevash Shaikh, “How to get emotional consent to vent”, in Happiful, number 64, page 39In 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.
2023 February 7, Max Fattal, “Women Talking Refuses to Commit to Its Own Premise”, in The Cornell Daily Sun, Cornell University, page 5
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of trauma dump
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