Let's talk about fun.
Even in difficult times like the coronavirus pandemic, you need to have fun and enjoy yourself.
Why?
Because joyful activities will boost your immune system and help you cope with the situation.
The time will come when you will return to places that caused you pain in the past, but you will feel good. When emotional trauma heals, the scars remain, but they don't hurt.
I returned from a trip to Moscow (not Minnesota or Texas but Russia!) – the city where I grew up.
Your brain is more unique than your fingerprints, remember?
It builds new connections between brain cells your entire life. Then it weaves them into networks, constructing and reconstructing itself.
Sometimes it overreacts, making lightning-fast decisions based on obsolete data. The past becomes suddenly the present, and once more the pain overwhelms you, as if that horrible event was happening right now. [Read more…]
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