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Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by Noaidi on Saturday October 03, 2026 @05:25PM (#49947942)
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.

Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by glenpierce on Saturday October 03, 2026 @05:47PM (#49948112)
Extrapolating from a single anecdote seems like poor judgment.
Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by Noaidi on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:00PM (#49948216)
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.

Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by esseph on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:09PM (#49948270)
>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.

Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by jack_pp on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:26PM (#49948388)
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?

Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by ethbr1 on Saturday October 03, 2026 @07:49PM (#49948995)
The correct analogy here would be that if you notice your program repeatedly acting incorrectly in the same way, you trace the execution path.

Past trauma can often be the root.

Failing to recognize it and reprogram that part of your brain leads to patching over symptoms, which... causes other issues.

Where this breaks down for some people -- not everyone has trauma, or at least severe enough trauma to need to deal with it.

Some people act like assholes because they were hurt when they were young. Others act like assholes because that's just how they decided to act.

Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by glenpierce on Saturday October 03, 2026 @07:38PM (#49948889)
The human brain is neither computer nor automobile.
Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by esseph on Saturday October 03, 2026 @07:51PM (#49949008)
> If you find a bug in your code does it matter who is to blame?

If you want to fix the code, you need to go to the right line.

Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by coldtea on Sunday October 04, 2026 @09:01AM (#49953560)
How much of that is pseudoscience?
Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by esseph on Sunday October 04, 2026 @06:29PM (#49958601)
None of it, this has been common knowledge for decades.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6428430/

https://aifs.gov.au/resources/practice-guides/effect-trauma-...

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3968319/

Adding to this, trauma extends to multiple generations:

"Intergenerational influences of paternal combat-related trauma on offspring behavioral and brain function"

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235228952...

"Exposure of Men to PTSD-Promoting Trauma Elevates Levels of Sperm miRNAs with Anxiety and Depression-Inducing Activities"

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.22.720211v1...

Re:ADHD, autism or complex trauma? [pdf] by logical_person on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @09:49PM (#49986967)
Combined with N<20 and a definition of trauma that means literally any experience, we might be able to get a preprint published claiming trauma cures cancer as well.