#TraumaTok and the Commodification of Emotions

This week we talk about #TraumaTok, aka a corner of TikTok where people openly share their harrowing traumas to the app with little concern about where their stories will end up.

We discuss the normalisation of “trauma dumping”, trauma bonding as a modern means to friendship, trauma as an identity or in-group, and how TikTok actively benefits from the #TraumaTok community.

 

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Mitch: @mitchs.miscellanea & Linktree

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Why TikTok is so obsessed with labeling everything a trauma response.

What we can all learn from 'trauma dumping' online 

We're worried about the wrong kind of 'trauma talk' online

Investigation: How TikTok's Algorithm Figures Out Your Deepest Desires
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