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> I've started describing certain types of traumatic events as 'origin stories' for heroes or villains This reminds me of a certain segment from "This American

by shard 4y ago

> I've started describing certain types of traumatic events as 'origin stories' for heroes or villains This reminds me of a certain segment from "This American Life". Tragedy Minus Time Equals Happily Ever After Ron Mallett was ten years old when his father died unexpectedly of a heart attack. A year later, after picking up a comic book based on H.G. Wells' book The Time Machine, Ron concocted perhaps the world's most complicated plan to try to see his dad again. A half-century later, Dr. Ronald Mallett wrote a book about his plan, called "Time Traveler". From the blurb on "Time Traveler": This is the dramatic and inspirational first-person story of theoretical physicist, Dr. Ronald Mallett, who recently discovered the basic equations for a working time machine that he believes can be used as a transport vehicle to the past. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/324/my-brilliant-plan https://www.thisamericanlife.org/324/my-brilliant-plan

hinkley 4y ago
I read the Book “The Highly Sensitive Person”, and besides the heavy implication that Carl Jung almost had sensory processing difficulties mapped out, it delineates people who think they are introverts or extroverts into two dimensions, and asserts there was a point in your childhood where people who were flooded with sensory overload decided to use it as a superpower or withdrew. It also speculated that it likely depended on your attachment pattern with adults (ie your parents). As to the “think they are extroverts” comment, 5is part is unfortunately a tangent but the notion is that a “true” extrovert gets recharged by people, rather than drained. If you throw parties and then have to hermit up for a week after, you’re a highly intuitive person but you’re not an actual extrovert, and you will be better able to take care of yourself if you recognize this about yourself. And if you’re an introvert because your bad interactions are evidence that you must be, it may actually be that you get flooded, and once flooded the quality of your interactions drops drastically and you come across like a child. In both cases titration helps. Quality over quantity. My partner is an intuitive introvert who thinks they are an extrovert. Once we both figured the sensory part of the equation, I bought myself stealth ear plugs and that greatly increases how long I can let her do her thing before I have to tap out.

by shard 4y ago

hinkley 4y ago

I read the Book “The Highly Sensitive Person”, and besides the heavy implication that Carl Jung almost had sensory processing difficulties mapped out, it delineates people who think they are introverts or extroverts into two dimensions, and asserts there was a point in your childhood where people who were flooded with sensory overload decided to use it as a superpower or withdrew. It also speculated that it likely depended on your attachment pattern with adults (ie your parents). As to the “think they are extroverts” comment, 5is part is unfortunately a tangent but the notion is that a “true” extrovert gets recharged by people, rather than drained. If you throw parties and then have to hermit up for a week after, you’re a highly intuitive person but you’re not an actual extrovert, and you will be better able to take care of yourself if you recognize this about yourself. And if you’re an introvert because your bad interactions are evidence that you must be, it may actually be that you get flooded, and once flooded the quality of your interactions drops drastically and you come across like a child. In both cases titration helps. Quality over quantity. My partner is an intuitive introvert who thinks they are an extrovert. Once we both figured the sensory part of the equation, I bought myself stealth ear plugs and that greatly increases how long I can let her do her thing before I have to tap out.