What Scott Alexander thinks about Trauma
Essayist; writes Astral Codex Ten, previously Slate Star Codex. Keeps a numbered public list of the things he has been convinced he got wrong, which is where most of the turns recorded here come from.
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2 dated positions, 2019 to 2022, in their own words. Our reading of what Scott Alexander has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsI would recommend that anyone who thinks they're suffering from trauma (eg PTSD) try a trauma-focused therapy like EMDR before trying to address nightmares directly, unless the nightmares are overwhelmingly worse than all their other trauma symptoms.
- 3 years earlier
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Their wordsEye movement directed reprocessing (alternative when the book was written, now basically establishment) where you move your eyes back and forth while talking about your trauma, and this seems to somehow help you process it better.