Corinna:
I think you are on to something. I think there was a lot of bad treatment, a lot of trauma even to hurting people who were not only NOT helped but hurt by the medical model. And until and unless that gets acknowledged, a lot of people are going to be pretty suspicious and with good reason. A lot of us didn't only not "feel heard" when we said, "Hey' this isn't working,' we actually weren't heard. Or worse. And that's not been acknowledged. There's lots of people who got secondary trauma or terrible treatment or both that compounded things.
David Morris talks about how evidence-based doesn't necessarily mean much in his book The Evil Hours: A Biography of PTSD and even how a lot of evidence-based approaches are not based on evidence of effectiveness but more mean they are insurance eligible treatments and even how some "evidence-based" treatments have caused some veterans to lose their lives because they caused harm as opposed to not only not helping. So some of us are eager and hopeful for change but wanting to make sure it's more than words changing. I don't feel the same hearing 'trauma-informed' as you do, but I can appreciate what you are saying. My response is more neutral and observant and wanting to make sure trauma-informed is always informed by trauma survivors.
Sometimes I feel the good info. piled on top of bad and worry some people are not totally getting it (trauma, ACEs, symptoms) - or seeming to from my point of view. But also, I know I'm not totally getting it all of the time either with a lot of stuff.
My response is more neutral and observant and wanting to make sure trauma-informed is always informed by trauma survivors. I really want to be sure it's more than words changing and that's why I love these discussions in the comments which often really stretch me in the best way.
And thanks for always sharing links and resources, too. Cissy