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Trauma can make your past self feel like a stranger

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Severe trauma completely severs the linear timeline of your own identity. People experiencing self-continuity disruptions can look at old photographs of themselves before a devastating event and feel absolutely zero emotional connection, viewing their smiling past self as a complete stranger who just happens to share their face.

Trauma can make your past self feel like a stranger
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