dissociation not fun. we don't care if trauma is bad, we want to be able to think scary thoughts near each other kindly and gently. dissociation seems to be process that learns and spreads, probably energized by trauma emotions eureka realization: something that inhibits that energization, the severity of trauma, would probably help in fighting programs likely a drug can numb to trauma wonder if karl is trying to pretend to be smart here, idea doesn't sound planned-to-be-used {{we don't think programs are trauma. are they? ohhh idea of emotion energizing dissociation. this could make sense! they kind of 'bang bang' a pattern that energizes them over and over {{{{{{{big fear -- {the program engages terror in a way that increases without bound. consciousness learns to dissociate to not break 8:25 PM 🔎 terror chemical in brain - Google Search www.google.com [cortisol, adrenaline, epinephrine https://www.google.com/search?q=terror+chemical+in+brain [computer froze briefly {it's pretty fast but not faster-than-senses {{karl made memory of when it engaged speeding-up by plastically binding parts closer {{{{spread of energy through paths sounds similar to experience of adrenaline You {{karl made memory of when it engaged speeding-up by plastically binding parts closer {{possibly involved engaging parts of the program in slightly-faster sequence in succession [edited: problem -> program. some agreement with word-mistake Edited8:29 PM You {{possibly involved engaging parts of the problem in slightly-faster sequence in succession {{implying that one part provided partial emotional relief of another (?) 8:28 PM