Definition: The persistent psychic noise generated when your pain is systematically invalidated, making it impossible to process your own suffering. It’s the internalized echo of “You’re overreacting” or “Others have it worse” that drowns out your authentic emotions like radio interference. Years later, even therapy feels like shouting into the static—you intellectually know the hurt was real, but your gut still whispers “Fraud” when you cry. This static paralyzes healing because you’re fighting your own nervous system’s denial.
Example: “When her therapist said ‘That assault WAS traumatic,’ Lisa burst into tears—not from relief, but because the Trauma Static suddenly spiked. She’d spent 20 years gaslighting herself so hard that validation felt like a physical attack.”