In our society, many survivors of childhood abuse—physical, verbal, or sexual—find their experiences minimized or reframed as “mental illness.” This mislabelling can be deeply damaging, compounding the pain of the original trauma. The Problem: Trauma Is Often Disbelieved or Ignored Historically, even experts in psychology have struggled to acknowledge survivors’ experiences. Jeffrey Masson’s The Assault … Continue reading When Trauma Is Mislabelled: Why Past Abuse Isn’t Mental Illness