Trauma Olympics

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Trauma olympics are a phenomenon in which several individuals discuss their personal traumatic experiences in a manner that seems to be competitive. The term is often used disparagingly to refer to comparisons of trauma and their impact, while advocating to share experiences without portraying some experiences as inherently worse or more intense than others.

In the context of plurality, trauma olympics can also refer to comparison of system-specific symptoms and attributes such as headmate count, complexity, structure, dissociation, memory sharing, number or type of trauma holders, etc., usually with some implied causation to severity of trauma.