Emotional starvation is a form of trauma, but I feel so stupid saying it. Like, nothing bad ever happened to me. All the scientific articles and books I've read classify it as trauma. And it makes total sense because I see firsthand how debilitating it is for me. But it's not trauma, because nothing happened to me. Except for the part where I'll get slapped and screamed at if I ever even hint that I don't think my parents ever loved me.