Survivor Literacy

Breaking the Cycles that Tried to Break Us

Signs & Symptoms of Minimization

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Signs & Symptoms of Minimization

  1. Feeling like your emotions are “too much.”
  2. Doubting your own memory of events.
  3. Struggling to justify why something hurt.
  4. Feeling talked out of your own experience.
  5. Shrinking your needs to avoid dismissal.
  6. Feeling guilty for bringing up concerns.
  7. Re-explaining yourself repeatedly.
  8. Feeling like you have to “prove” harm.
  9. Losing confidence in your perceptions.
  10. Feeling small or silly for being upset.
  11. Avoiding conflict because it never lands.
  12. Feeling erased or unseen.
  13. Accepting partial truths to keep the peace.
  14. Feeling like your pain is inconvenient.
  15. Internalizing the idea that you’re dramatic.

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