Understanding people without trauma often don’t get the duality of human nature
I don’t want to generalize too much but by definition people with cptsd have suffered from harm done by other people. Whether that was caused by intentional acts or neglect, we have spent a long time in the knowledge that there is darkness in humans and the world is inherently unfair. We have had to dig ourselves out of that hole by reforming connections and learning to see the positive side of humanity. It’s very difficult to heal otherwise, and we all need other people for survival. What this means is that we are often very aware of the duality of human nature. People can both hurt and harm. On the other hand, those who never had to think about human nature often seem to believe people can only be one way. Either they think everyone is really good at heart or society is fcked and everyone is inherently evil and shouldn’t be helped. I used to have a difficult time connecting with these people but now I understand where they’re coming from. I’ve had luck talking them through their own thoughts and emotions because almost everyone has felt angry and compassionate at various points in their lives. I just think self awareness is important for everyone to have, trauma or not.