Neurodivergent on Yik Yak | I just had a realization the only time I’m able to feel and process emotion in real time is in my dreams. In my dreams I’m able to feel and understand my emotions in response to events in a way that doesn’t happen in my waking life.

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Neurodivergent 19h

I just had a realization the only time I’m able to feel and process emotion in real time is in my dreams. In my dreams I’m able to feel and understand my emotions in response to events in a way that doesn’t happen in my waking life.

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Anonymous 12h

Maybe cause unconscious place be safer ??

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Anonymous

#1 12h

Apparently it’s part of a thing called Alexythmia, and it may be because the amygdala remains active during sleep, but the prefrontal cortex which is the more logical center of the brain slows down. So while I’m awake my prefrontal cortex probably walls off my emotions, but when it slows down during sleep the wall isn’t quite as strong.

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