The fractured psyche resulting from navigating a platform optimized for outrage, performativity, and context collapse. The trauma is a mix of whiplash (watching a career die in 280 characters), addiction to the drama cycle, and the cognitive dissonance of interacting with both close friends and unhinged strangers in the same feed. It breeds a defensive, clapback-ready communication style in real life and leaves you with a lingering sense that any opinion, joke, or decade-old tweet could be the one that summons the mob. The platform's constant rebranding and policy chaos only add to the surreal, unstable feeling.
Example: "She quit a year ago, but still has trauma from Twitter. She'll start drafting a simple group text, then delete it seven times fearing it could be 'misinterpreted.' She also calls any argument a 'thread' and has a Pavlovian urge to check her phone during any real-world scandal." Trauma from Twitter/X
by Abzugal January 30, 2026
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