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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

I'm unjabbed and I believe my brain has changed over the past three years from trauma. I'm on a hair trigger. In some ways I'm much sharper and in others I feel much duller.

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suubstaack's avatar

Agree 100%. I feel the same. Are the duller parts of us repressed trauma? There’s only so much anyone can take and after a 3.5 year assault I feel like parts of myself that could not take anymore have been ‘locked away’ and in its place of feeling pain there is dullness. The flip of that is other parts feel so incredibly sharp. This is also new to me.

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ExcessDeathsAU's avatar

Perhaps those parts of our brain are resting for when the siren goes off and we need to act.

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suubstaack's avatar

What else are we here for right?!

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LD50's avatar

I think we are describing the brain's mechanism of survival mode. Switching off (dulling) that which needs to be calmed whilst allowing everything else to function as required but different to, as did previously. The landscape is not the same as the past experience. The new landscape has new and increased requirement for alertness where threat may exist.

I am no psychologist but I do love exploring human behaviour.❤️

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LD50's avatar

Same here. I consider it this way. I feel I am aware of it and therefore better placed to self manage.

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