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When constantly proving your need becomes a form of trauma

My caseworker changes every few months and I have to retell my whole story to someone new who acts like I am trying to scam the system.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Repeated justification of suffering to skeptical strangers compounds the original wounds that created the need for help.

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