Why “Trauma” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Careful, HNers are a population with a history of trauma associated with unclosed parentheses. By raising our cortisol levels you may be lowering our fertility rate by exposing…
by delichon · Oct 4, 2026
I'm married to a Bangladeshi, so yes I'm very aware of the treatment of the Rohingya at a state and societal level. I have close Bangladeshi friends that have done humanitarian…
by throwforfeds · Oct 4, 2026
It doesn't even have to be one thing, can just be the combined weight. As easily "compassion fatigue" as a big call. I always thought it odd that people asked what the worst cal…
by FireBeyond · Oct 4, 2026
The space vampire really felt like an unnecessary add to the entire thing. Could have established similar sci-fi woo-woo with a super-intelligent test-tube baby who might have s…
by 3eb7988a1663 · Oct 4, 2026
It does happen, and it happened to me. At the same time it doesn't mean you can blanket accuse parents whose children fail to thrive that it's their fault when in practice the t…
by doright · Oct 4, 2026
Interest
Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "trauma" over time.
Mentions
Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "trauma" over time.
Trauma most often refers to:Psychological trauma, in psychology and psychiatric medicine, refers to severe mental and emotional injury caused by distressing events Traumatic injury, sudden physical injury caused by an external force, which does not rise to the level of major trauma Major trauma, in physical medicine, severe physical injury caused by an external source Read more on Wikipedia