• Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I was really confused when you said picture an object then flip it. When people say picture something I always assumed that was a way to say think about the thing. I guess because I can think about things, obviously, but I can’t picture them. Their wouldn’t be a thing for me to flip if someone asked me to picture an object which left me wondering, wtf do you mean flip it.

    • mrcleanup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Picture a teapot. Picture it turning over so you can see the other side. Sort of like that.

      • MeThisGuy@feddit.nlEnglish
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        6 months ago

        guess the upside of it is is that if you see something traumatic you can’t revisualize it?

        some things can’t be unseen doesn’t apply for everyone? must be nice

        • mrcleanup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Maybe. One way to process trauma is to re-visit it until it becomes more familiar and less of an extreme experience. Seeing it in your mind may make it more real, but it also means you can just picture a teapot instead if you need to get away from it.

          • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            6 months ago

            Seeing it in your mind may make it more real, but it also means you can just picture a teapot instead if you need to get away from it.

            Thaaaaat’s not how trauma works. If you could just distract yourself, the trauma wouldn’t be nearly as much of an issue.

            The problem is being forced to relive a horrible memory despite your will or not.

            • mrcleanup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              6 months ago

              I love how we are all here talking about how we all think and perceive differently and you decided it was important to tell me that the way I process trauma isn’t real. You can go ahead and fuck right off.

              • Dasus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                6 months ago

                Nice reply man, super polite. You process trauma in whatever way best suits you, but… You’re making the claim that is essentially “if you’re bothered by traumatic memories, you can just stop thinking about them” which is reductive and simplistic as fuck, and above all very much objectively wrong.

                People who are bothered by images from traumatic memories can’t just choose to “picture a teapot instead if you need to get away from it.” That’s. Not. How. Trauma. Works.

      • Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I guess my point is that I can’t picture something in that way. Picturing a green apple vs a red apple. I don’t actually visualize anything. I can think ok it’s a sour apple or sweet apple but I don’t have a visual to modify. The teapot I would just be thinking ok the teapot is upside down, theirs nothing I can visualize that would change. I have tried really hard, especially when I miss loved ones, I wish I could bring about images of them in my mind really badly.