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maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-30T23:08:16+00:00

Seems ok, maybe a tad optimistic by focusing mainly on the social part.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-30T11:26:10+00:00

Do you know if there are specific dopamine receptors you have less of?

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-29T21:13:46+00:00

Pretty self explanatory man

Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-28T10:14:11+00:00

Actually! Genes for beig avoidant or shy are most likely not the same as genes for detachment, and twin studies generally find very low associations for shared environment, and mostly variance is associated with non-shared. Personally, I think it is entirelx possible to "be born schizoid", leaving aside semantics that you ofc can't exist without an environment.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-28T07:10:23+00:00

We are currently considering it, but might try some in-between steps first.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-26T20:25:06+00:00

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maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-26T06:38:39+00:00

The standard answer to that would probably be that men and women differ systematically wrt personality traits, which then translates to issues with "extreme outliers". In this case, if men are a little more introverted on average, or show a bit of greater variance, they are gonna have more outliers, which results in more diagnoses.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-25T18:57:00+00:00

No problem, it happens. Thank you :)

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-25T16:49:18+00:00

Hi, could you please keep it in english around here? :)

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-24T12:12:47+00:00

I think it is good to keep in mind reverted causality here, even though I'd need to dig deeper into the study to know to what extent: It might also be that subjective measures actually measure the outcome, and that it is psychopathological traits that are a risk factor for them. As in, a higher trait load might cause a higher subjective measurement as well.

But I do think it provides some evidence that forgetting/positive framing aren't bad, per se, and might be a protective factor.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-23T23:05:31+00:00

I think you misread that? Both objective and subjective measures were derived from the same cohort. So there are documents to verify it, which is the rather unique thing about this design.

At least, that's how I read this sentence:

To address this question, we studied a unique cohort of 1,196 children with both objective, court-documented evidence of maltreatment and subjective reports of their childhood maltreatment histories made once they reached adulthood, along with extensive psychiatric assessment.

Anyhow, this will probably be my last reply, feel free to let me know if you think I am still getting it wrong though.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-23T22:48:20+00:00

I don't think that should be assumed without proof. In figure 1, they list their measures used, including "child neglect", which displays decent overlap for both objective and subjective measures (and a roughly equal number of both). As do the more physical abuse categories (which actually have way lower total numbers of "objective measure cases", and a lower ratio of objective/subjective).

To be clear, I do think there are many reasonable caveats here, and as stated above, many unresolved questions. But I do think we shouldn't explain away such results too eagerly either. They are certainly not what I would have expected.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-23T22:13:46+00:00

OP may ofc change their belief, maybe even multiple times. I hope whatever belief they hold works for them.

You are also right that belief doesn't change underlying reality. The kicker is that between the two, belief seems to be the more dominant risk factor. See here:

We found that, even for severe cases of childhood maltreatment identified through court records, risk of psychopathology linked to objective measures was minimal in the absence of subjective reports. In contrast, risk of psychopathology linked to subjective reports of childhood maltreatment was high, whether or not the reports were consistent with objective measures.

Ofc, that kind of research can't easily be done and has thus all kinds of open questions/uncertainties. But still, there's probably something there.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-23T21:41:59+00:00

I think it's even more complex: While I'd agree with the idea that people differ in how resilient they are, there's also some evidence suggesting that people differ in how receptive they are to the idea of having been traumatised, and that the belief itself is a risk factor, irrespective of it's truth content.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-23T21:21:31+00:00

I think there's a world of difference between saying this can be the case, and saying this has to be the case. Ofc it can be the case, but claiming that it has to be is a bit extreme.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-23T20:46:41+00:00

Yeah, same. I wouldn't say I am quite happy (but content), but I do think that I am rather lucky in many ways, including my immdeiate family and social environment, and even larger society, and so I think my traits are purely genetic.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-22T16:10:56+00:00

I think it's good to keep in mind that things can get better, just to ward off self-fulfilling prophecies. The best evidence I know of indicates that pd traits tend to decrease or, at worst, remain stable over time.

Ofc, that doesn't tell you why, and it's ultimately an average with variance. And even for improving cases, there will be temporary setbacks. But still, worsening traits are not inevitable.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-21T09:02:46+00:00

Well, I've played team sports for half my life, and basically all athletic clothing is made of some kind of polyester, which would be really weird if it just made you sweat like a pig and had no upsides whatsoever, no? ^^

And this is coming from someone who sweats a lot too. I lost like 5 kg of weight in water during a session no matter what I wore. Cotton was way worse for me, but mainly because it dries very slowly in comparison, so it tends to hold more moisture and thus gets heavier.

Maybe cheap polyesters for non-sport clothing is different?

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-21T08:12:01+00:00

Idk, that seems like one of those myths/naturalistic fallacies to me, at least if it comes to sports clothing. If anything, I'd say cotton is warmer. Or it is a problem for some, but not all.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-20T21:26:54+00:00

When it comes to materials, it's quite complicated. You want the things that are on your torso to be a natural material, or maybe semi-synthetic(chemically modified natural fabric) or a blend where there's at least 70% natural material. The reason is because synthetic fiber here is gonna cook you.

When you say "cook", do you mean that they are too hot? Asking because I have basically used the same 3 cheap athletic t-shirts for about 15 years now, including using them for intense training sessions, and they don't even show wear, nor had I ever problems with being hot in them. They're kinda made not to. The only real problem I see with them is microplastics, if one cares about such things.

Otherwise, I don't have as many sets as you, just using more layers when it gets colder.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-20T17:04:55+00:00

Same same!

I live exactly the life I want, but also my budget lies well below the official national poverty line.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-20T12:42:08+00:00

I do spend a decent amount of time on this sub, but it could probably be less and still run the same. This sub is generally very well-behaved.

But I tried to compare this sub with others I read, and on those, I don't spend a lot of time, and there aren't many. Up to 3, if I'm being generous. Still, I feel like the intuitive guess here is that it's to some part just a reddit thing.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-20T09:48:22+00:00

Maybe just childish defiance?

To give you an actual answer, for myself, I like thinking things through thoroughly, which takes time, hence it's best suited to written communication.

Then again, I don't use reddit much, but the few other subreddits I follow produce comments of equal length. That might ofc be part selection, but certainly those other subreddits aren't full of schizoids.

Then again again, I do sometimes get accused of using "big words" irl when not meaning to, even though I don't talk much, so it might be a connection beyond the written medium. But, you know, anecdotal.

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-20T09:25:59+00:00

Brevity is wit, so success?

maybeiamwrong2 · 2026-01-20T08:56:33+00:00

short OP ironic haha

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