Ask HN: How to restore cognition after years of trauma? I feel slow and dumb

Re:Ask HN: How to restore cognition after years of trauma? I... by kyleyeats on Friday January 06, 2023 @04:42PM (#34281608)

I'm studying emotional philosophy and I think it's great advice. Executive function disorders stem from an inability to healthily feel and use anger. If you had a parent who monopolized expressions of anger during your childhood, you're going to have problems with executive function as an adult.

Fear and anger are like look and leap. People who can't feel anger can only look and never leap.

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Re:Ask HN: How to restore cognition after years of trauma? I... by hirvi74 on Friday January 06, 2023 @05:54PM (#34282542)

> If you had a parent who monopolized expressions of anger during your childhood, you're going to have problems with executive function as an adult.

Why is this the case?

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Re:Ask HN: How to restore cognition after years of trauma? I... by kbelder on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:24PM (#34283434)

Nearly every statement in this entire thread needs to have a 'maybe' inserted somewhere in it.

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Re:Ask HN: How to restore cognition after years of trauma? I... by kyleyeats on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:52PM (#34283668)

Anger's the 'do something' emotion. We associate it with the big 'do something' events like flipping over a table, but it also governs everything you do all day long.

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