šŸ”„CassandrašŸ”„Jun 5, 2023

I'm just back from singing, and I'm a little rattled.

I figured I'd have a rough time re: musculature, since I haven't really been *speaking* much since the pandemic began. (Vaping weed, though. A LOT.)

And I knew it would be rough because I got punished for making noise, and that's actual trauma to overcome.

Plus I knew it would be rough because I gave up music for decades. It surfaces emotions and I needed to *suppress* them to Be Perfect (to survive). So, like, there are *feelings.*

Show threadšŸ”„CassandrašŸ”„Jun 5, 2023

(How much of alexithymia is a trauma response, a learned behaviour from having been punished for having "wrong" emotions and needs?

#ActuallyAutistic )

Show threadSylvainJun 5, 2023

@Cassandra

The more I talk to people and read about autism, the more I believe EVERYTHING is a trauma response...

Show threadKevin DavyJun 5, 2023
@axnxcamr @Cassandra
And if not originally one, then certainly exaggerated by trauma.
Show threadšŸ”„CassandrašŸ”„

@Pathfinder @axnxcamr

Yeah, I think I had the same conclusion re ARFID recently. You start with sensory issues (tastes, textures), which probably aren't such a big deal if they're supported.

But if instead you add some punishment / trauma, you end up with a full-scale eating disorder.

Jun 5, 2023 at 9:35pmWeb
Show threadKevin DavyJun 5, 2023
@Cassandra @axnxcamr
I'm sure you're right. Adding in low self esteem and an over active willingness to please for the merest hint of approval, plus an almost complete absense of role models and information and you have an almost perfect recipe for exaggerating and fostering trauma linked responces.