Logged in just to say, for me reaching into my past has been one of the most transformative and healing acts I've ever done.

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Noaidi 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I have a friend, next alcoholic, she was recently reading through her old journals to try to figure out her life. What happened? She told me that she had a really strong impulse to start drinking again.

In my opinion, you gain nothing from looking at trauma or trying to see some psychological way to get out of it. The only cure is to forget about it.

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glenpierce an hour ago | parent [-]

Extrapolating from a single anecdote seems like poor judgment.

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Noaidi an hour ago | parent [-]

Why is this complicated? If you can’t remember the trauma, how can you suffer from it?

Now we may have behaviors that were shaped by our trauma, but remembering our trauma, what does that do but reinforce the memory again and there force reinforce our trauma response?

All that has to be done is focus on your present date and your present reaction examine if that’s dysfunctional or not.

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esseph an hour ago | parent [-]

>Why is this complicated? If you can’t remember the trauma, how can you suffer from it?

Because trauma affixes neutal pathways. You don't have to remember it to be affected, at all.

	▲	jack_pp 33 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If you find a bug in your code does it matter who is to blame? Is it useful to remember you had a fight with your wife the day you committed it? Does a car mechanic need a video of the crash to fix the car?