I love that you talked about how sometimes our brains do just file things away that are hard to deal with and they can be brought back easily from an external factor - I have PTSD from MANY surgeries as a child, one of which I nearly died during, my brain absolutely cannot remember any time I've stayed in a hospital over night, which I haven't done for many years. But in January of 2023, I had my Port a Cath replaced (I use it once a week for an infusion, it was 11 years old and starting to wear out) and just walking into the pre op area of the hospital sent me into a panic attack and brought back memories of being in Pre-Op as a kid and being terrified.
Thank you for talking about how trauma messes up our memories. This description was helpful for me. I have C-PTSD from repeated abuse & neglect during my childhood and youth, and my memories from age 3 to age 19 are few and "feel" like a broker mirror, of which some 80% of the shards are missing.
Brilliant as always, Sydney! This one was quite the rollercoaster ride, and I appreciated all of it! Thank you especially for the part about trauma and memory, that gives me a lot to think about in regard to myself and what I’ve been through. And that also hits home the importance of your points about the accurate representation of disability in media. I’m sorry that your beautiful brain had to suffer so much loss, but I am so grateful that you and your brain are still here now, and sharing your brilliance with the world. Your shorts are excellent, but your long form videos like this one are outstanding, and every time I love the ride that they take my brain on through culture, history, psychology and neuroscience. Thank you for putting them out there, and thank you for being so rad and amazing! 😁❤️
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I love that you talked about how sometimes our brains do just file things away that are hard to deal with and they can be brought back easily from an external factor - I have PTSD from MANY surgeries as a child, one of which I nearly died during, my brain absolutely cannot remember any time I've stayed in a hospital over night, which I haven't done for many years. But in January of 2023, I had my Port a Cath replaced (I use it once a week for an infusion, it was 11 years old and starting to wear out) and just walking into the pre op area of the hospital sent me into a panic attack and brought back memories of being in Pre-Op as a kid and being terrified.
Thank you for talking about how trauma messes up our memories. This description was helpful for me.
I have C-PTSD from repeated abuse & neglect during my childhood and youth, and my memories from age 3 to age 19 are few and "feel" like a broker mirror, of which some 80% of the shards are missing.
Brilliant as always, Sydney! This one was quite the rollercoaster ride, and I appreciated all of it! Thank you especially for the part about trauma and memory, that gives me a lot to think about in regard to myself and what I’ve been through. And that also hits home the importance of your points about the accurate representation of disability in media.
I’m sorry that your beautiful brain had to suffer so much loss, but I am so grateful that you and your brain are still here now, and sharing your brilliance with the world. Your shorts are excellent, but your long form videos like this one are outstanding, and every time I love the ride that they take my brain on through culture, history, psychology and neuroscience. Thank you for putting them out there, and thank you for being so rad and amazing! 😁❤️