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>>34698225
Unless they are physical, like a punch to the head, I think it's doable.

I think of the brain as a big building full of different rooms, corridors and doors with or without locks.

Each room is a seperate part of your brain. All sort of mental abnormalities either lock the door to that room or completely get rid of it and make it spill out to the hallway.

For example: when someone got touched by their dad as a kid, and now they became asexual. Sex and naked bodies disgust them. That means that traumatic event has locked the door shut to the part of the brain responsible for sexual stuff. On the other hand, let's assume someone had an alcoholic dad, and now they have also alcoholic tendencies. They can't get even near alcohol or they will become blackout drunk. That means, the part of the brain (room) responsible for addiction has completely got rid of the door and now it's spilling into the corridor and impacts other parts of their life.

The difference is, when it's physical, I think it means taking a sledgehammer and completely destroying that room. You can't fix it because it's permanently damaged. BUT, if it's mental, so all sort of traumas, PTSD, anxiety, mental disorders, etc., it is a locked door. Sometimes it's only a little bike lock, sometimes 5 keylocks and 10 chains. The room is still there, but it's just unavailable at the moment. But also sometimes, the door is opened too much and you have to close it.

The point is to find the keys to the door. Sometimes the key is in another room. Sometimes it's in the hallway. Sometimes it's in a different building (such as in therapist's own building or in other person's, such as a friend or a life partner that can help you grow). But where exactly is that key? That's the hard question.

Thanks for listening to my TED talk.

>>34699578
What if it's physical though? I did physically hit myself, am I perma-screwed now?

>>34698225
I'm not sure OP. Have you ever had your IQ tested? Maybe you should test it again. I'm sure you're very intelligent.

>>34698225
>>34699520
the brain is always malleable & constantly changing
you probably did damage ,but you can of course recover LOTS over the course of even 1-2 years

>>34699613
>What if it's physical though? I did physically hit myself, am I perma-screwed now?
you probably did damage, but the brain is constantly changing/adapting
not in some vague way but on a physical level

you can look into different treatments for brain damage, there's nothing which can REVERSE brain damage right now but there's a lot which can improve outcomes

chances are you'll have a healthier brain than most normies in 10 years if you actually take your health seriously & actively try to recover

>>34698225
Yeah. I had five brain surgeries. Piece of cake. What don’t kill ya makes you stronger.

You didnt damage your brain fag. You are just neurotic as fuck.

t. former college football player

>>34699613
>What if it's physical though? I did physically hit myself, am I perma-screwed now?
go watch s video of Mike Tyson or Brendan schaub, the guys who actually fucked up their brain retarded aren't capable of this sort of introspection

>>34699578
That was a good TED talk.

>>34699613
>I did physically hit myself, am I perma-screwed now?
You would have to have hit yourself pretty hard to cause brain damage. If you actually knocked yourself unconscious you might have something to worry about.

In cases of genuine brain damage, the person often can get quite a lot of function back - not actually by the damaged parts of the brain recovering, but by other parts of the brain being repurposed to work around the damage. This takes a while - months, at least.