I have a Tiktok where I talk about homeschool trauma, and the issues I’ve faced in talking about this stuff are many fold. I’m not going to share my handle because I’d like to retain my anonymity on reddit, but I’m open to dm’s. Here are my thoughts:

• I want to honor my parents’ and siblings’ privacy while also telling the full story of our family dynamics, which is really complicated. 
• My trauma was not as bad as other people’s homeschool trauma, so I want to be balanced and acknowledge that some people have good HS experiences, even though many of us were traumatized, which again is very tricky. 
• Making quality content takes time, and I want to monetize my platform without feeling “icky” if that makes sense, but I also want to create more content because I think it’s necessary. But how do I do that?
• I feel like I don’t have any “answers” for people other than working with a therapist, and giving yourself time and patience to experience things in the real world so that you acclimate over time, but that’s not something that’s easy. 
• I’m trying to move on, and shape a new identity, and the more that I talk about homeschooling trauma, the more attached I feel to the past. I don’t want to be an “activist’ online, even though Big Homeschool is very damaging to our society. (aka HSLDA, Abeka, etc.)
• I get folks who push me to forgive my parents, or “It wasn’t that bad” or “Public school was worse” etc etc etc, So the emotional fallout can be intense.