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May 19, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Gun violence has stolen countless lives and traumatized millions more, so the language we use when talking about it is important.
It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth and we’ve put together a small trauma-informed guide to help navigate these conversations. (A thread)
First off: It’s important to keep survivors in mind when talking about gun violence. A survivor is anyone who has personally experienced gun violence, whether they witnessed it, were threatened or wounded with a gun, or had a loved one taken or wounded with a gun.