Remarkable. Cognitively reorganizing to see it visually represented like that, for sure. Super well done—thanks. I’m gonna look at this when I need to use an existential crisis about reality to kick me in the pants

I guess some practitioners don’t put that into practice, but as a practitioner myself, I certainly do. I’m glad you’re working with someone you feel can assist you, and is giving you a helpful treatment.

In a way you’re going into a Buddhist philosophy here. The trauma of everyday life, resulting in dukkha, or suffering. Some folks seems like they tolerate the intolerable better than others for various reasons, others seem to have been more traumatized. For some it seems to have possibly made changes to their brain as a result. Diagnosing, treating, and prescribing will probably remain imperfect due to the highly individual and neural-plastic nature of the brain—people are just too unique. We seem to be moving more and more to seeing qualities as on continuums. One end of the continuum it’s a personality trait or character aspect, too far on the other end of a continuum, and it becomes pathological or a symptom if it interferes with functioning. I think it will keep trending this way.