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"I was a guitar string being tuned beyond its highest range. The string popped. A spike of fear slashed through my guts. And that’s when I split apart." I read
by DantesKite 5y ago
"I was a guitar string being tuned beyond its highest range. The string popped. A spike of fear slashed through my guts. And that’s when I split apart."
I read on Twitter about this one guy who gave himself brain damage by constantly working for months on end while programming.
It's interesting that a few others described a similar sensation. Their brain feeling like a guitar string. There's a moment where they can detect something goes wrong.
It seems like they put themselves through a very stressful situation and triggered a cascading effect.
- acuozzo 5y ago> I read on Twitter about this one guy who gave himself brain damage by constantly working for months on end while programming. Link? I'm interested.
- bckr 5y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27003207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27003207 https://archive.is/KD74v https://archive.is/KD74v "So I finally sorted out what happened to my brain"
- Trasmatta 5y agoI remember that thread, the "I burned all the glucose out of my brain & gave myself seizures" isn't how things work. It seems like he has unresolved mental health issues (which I'm sure were either caused or exacerbated by burnout), and came up with a rather strange self diagnosis.