Acquired Neurodiversity?

[Lakelynn]

Lakelynn, I hope the Trauma Geek has information or perspective that is helpful.

I did rainy. There's a section on 4 things that attachment theory gets wrong. I found it amazingly reassuring and I've been trying to figure out a way to post it.

Janae Elizabeth writes to clearly and well that I now want to read EVERYTHING. There are pieces that apply to me which have been confusing for a long time.

[rainydiary]

Lakelynn, I'm glad that you found some helpful reading. I like the way they explain things.

[Kizzie]

Just popping in quite late to the discussion but wanted to say I don't think ANDG is permanent actually. We do go to therapy to help in part to rewire our brains away from the amygdala hair trigger responses, emotional dysregulation and so on that plague us.

I think the word "acquired" is the key; what is acquired can be removed or reduced - same for being an HSP. I remember a line from Pete Walker suggesting that what is learned can be unlearned and I loved the thought of that. That's the promise and premise of therapy although I don't think treatment is quite there yet.

My money is on neuroplasticity research relating to trauma and I have a lot of hope that the professionals and researchers who deal with trauma will figure out better ways of basically retraining our brains, perhaps not in my lifetime but down the road. It's what my intuition tells me and my heart hopes for for all of us.