The album was promoted with four singles: "Piggie", which featured Travis Barker on drums, "Favourite Toy", "Terrified", and "You Know What You've Done".

NME reviewed the album and stated that "Bean continues to lean into these huge, powerful sounds across ‘Traumatic Livelihood’, allowing the arrangements to amp up the emotional impact of each song.

Their theatrical vocal delivery is on full display throughout ‘Shit Show’, while ‘Favourite Toy’ is a more upbeat moment, despite its weighty themes of manipulation and deceit.".

DIY states how "Best Junkie You Adore" was "squalor with intricate detail while Jazmin hops around a pretty vocal line.".

", and how "You Know What You've Done", "channels raw emotion into a cathartic anthem of defiance, blending lush strings and tight live instrumentation with Bean's visceral lyrics.".