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The Trauma Craze: How the Expansion of Trauma Diagnoses Fueled Victimhood Culture

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This represents a significant shift in PTSD diagnoses from predominantly affecting men in the 1980s, when men constituted about 70% of diagnosed cases, to now predominantly affecting women, who by 2020 made up 70% of diagnosed cases. Jonathan Haidt has described the current generation as fragile due to being overprotected and less resilient.

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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS): How the Last Step to Recovery Became the Final Step in Life

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Thanks to a variety of therapies and social factors, I had managed to develop a positive self-image and resilience that made life truly worth living again. Almost all of the disorders that I had been diagnosed with were in complete remission. I tapered off citalopram with tapering strips between October 2019 and January 2020.