oh I agree, at least I have a complicated take in that direction uh
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Replying to @literalbanana @fire__exit
(evidence is stronger that bad things have real & lasting hedonic effects than good things though)
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Replying to @literalbanana @fire__exit
try this one on: extremely good things are exactly as traumatic in a systemic sense as extremely bad things and we have absolutely no way to contextualize or process that
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wut? need example
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think of a time something ridiculously good happened to you, or ideally have something ridiculously good happen to you because memory is useless check off the list of effects of psychological trauma; intrusive memories, confusion, distraction, withdrawal, mood swings
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ok, I see what you mean. trauma is the wrong word though. need a more neutral term for something with heavy psychological impact.
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...OR IS IT
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto and
i'm extremely serious despite being me, the specific claim i'm making is that if we say "psychological trauma" because extremely -hedonic events tear through your psyche like a bullet through muscle, well, extremely +hedonic ones do the exact same thing
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framing psychically potent experiences as +/- trauma is obfuscatory imo. it focuses attention on the disturbance or disruption (side effects) and not the experience itself (primary effects).
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Replying to @danlistensto @chaosprime and
the primary effect of, e.g., falling in love (mutual love, not obsession) is not that it is very distracting. it's that you have introduced a new relationship to your life.
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i mean, yeah? i don't know why it's relevant, by saying that being set on fire and being fired are both traumatic we're not saying that they're the same event
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