Our beliefs direct our lives and cognitive bias is one of the ways we develop our beliefs. The two most extreme types of cognitive bias are impostor syndrome (Trauma Glossary 2) and the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Of course we don’t all live in one extreme or the other. But as we kick off this brand new …
Cognitive Bias: Impostor Syndrome and its Counterpart, the Dunning-Kruger Effect Read More »
The Watchtower is the medial prefrontal cortex. It’s that part of the brain that’s located just above the middle of our eyes. Besides acting as a counterweight to the amygdala (fight or flight response), it functions in the way you would expect from a person who has watchtower duty. In the Medieval Times, those who …
The Brain’s Watchtower with the Mohawk of Self-Awareness Read More »
As a staunch advocate for complex-PTSD and having complex-PTSD, myself, I can tell you that I have endured every type of abuse, except overt sexual abuse. While hooray for small favors is in order, it does put me in a learning deficit. I’ve heard countless stories of child abuse over the years. Adult survivors have …
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