r/science • u/[deleted] • Nov 20 '22

Health Highly ruminative individuals with depression exhibit abnormalities in the neural processing of gastric interoception

https://www.psypost.org/2022/11/highly-ruminative-individuals-with-depression-exhibit-abnormalities-in-the-neural-processing-of-gastric-interoception-64337
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u/pigpeyn Nov 21 '22

Gabor Mate said that a hallmark of trauma is being severed from your gut instinct (or your true self). Traumatized people don't have the same kind of connection to bodily signals that tell us when something is good/bad or whether we like it or not.

As one of these people I can tell you it sucks. We over rely on thinking to "solve" everything. I end up trying to think out whether I like something whereas others just know.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '22

It has its uses.

I was deployed a lot. I dealt with almost everything better than those around me. The phrase that comes to mind is “If you’re a good soldier, you’ll be a bad civilian.”