I’m so sorry to hear this happened to you. A true friend can handle trauma dumping. A true friend won’t judge you for it. A true friend will trust and see the heart behind the story of pain. A true friend will reflect your own dignity back to you so that you can begin to trust yourself behind the litany of pain. …by seeing that there’s far more to you than a trauma story. A true friend may set boundaries when something gets to be too much, but this doesn’t mean they don’t care or that they don’t want to be in relationship with you. May you find true friends. We all need them!! We shouldn’t have to pay for the privilege. Being a true friend is itself a privilege.