It's exciting to read about new discoveries like this. It suddenly sheds light on my own lived experience, confirming what has always
felt true, and I hope new treatments will come from this.
I've been on a long term therapy journey for C-PTSD stemming from childhood trauma, and there's a part me that has always felt like I should be past all of that now that I'm some decades beyond that environment. There's part of your brain that tells you it's your problem, and won't accept that the mindset was deeply embedded before you even understood what was going on, or that other modes of existence are possible.
The built-in pessimism has served me well in some professional capacities, but when this permeates all aspects of thinking, things do not go well in the long run.
I'm on a much better path now, and meditation/yoga/some useful parts of Buddhist philosophy (and a really good therapist) are opening my eyes to new ways of thinking.
But it has been a long and often painful journey.
I've been on a long term therapy journey for C-PTSD stemming from childhood trauma, and there's a part me that has always felt like I should be past all of that now that I'm some decades beyond that environment. There's part of your brain that tells you it's your problem, and won't accept that the mindset was deeply embedded before you even understood what was going on, or that other modes of existence are possible.
The built-in pessimism has served me well in some professional capacities, but when this permeates all aspects of thinking, things do not go well in the long run.
I'm on a much better path now, and meditation/yoga/some useful parts of Buddhist philosophy (and a really good therapist) are opening my eyes to new ways of thinking.
But it has been a long and often painful journey.