creeping: (of something bad) happening or moving gradually and not easily noticed(of something bad) happening or moving gradually and not easily noticed
subtle: (often approving) not very obvious or easy to notice
self-worth: a feeling of confidence in yourself that you are a good and useful person
Psychological trauma can be caused by small and seemingly harmless events; when repeated, they have a cumulative effect on our psychological well-being and impact our way of thinking, leaving us with a vulnerability to mental illness, low self-worth and unhealthy coping mechanisms.
invalidate something: to prove that an idea, a story, an argument, etc. is wrong
ballerina: a female dancer in ballet
toll: the amount of damage or the number of deaths and injuries that are caused in a particular war, disaster, etc.
progression: the process of developing gradually from one stage or state to another
perpetual: continuing for a long period of time without stopping or being interrupted
Creeping normality means that over time you start to believe that this is the new normal. This slow change is not perceived as negative and so your perception of life shifts without you realizing that you yourself have changed completely. One small cut doesn't hurt all that much, but a thousand cuts can kill you.
insula: a small part of the brain in humans and some animals that is believed to be involved in consciousness and many emotions
Integrity means honesty, consistency, and wholeness—it’s about adhering firmly to moral principles, maintaining soundness in character or structure, and preserving unity without compromise.
Similarity between creeping normality in neuroscience and salami tactics:
Both concepts describe how large, harmful changes can succeed by being introduced as a sequence of small, incremental steps that individually seem acceptable or negligible. In neuroscience, creeping normality explains how the brain adapts to repeated small changes so that a new baseline becomes accepted; salami tactics is a political/strategic method of slicing a big change into many small moves to avoid resistance. They overlap in mechanism (gradualism, adaptation, reduced detection) and outcome (shifted norms or power), though they differ in agency and domain.
漸進常態（creeping normality）與香腸切片戰術（Salami tactics）相似之處在於：兩者都透過一連串微小、漸進的改變來達成重大轉變，單步看來無害或可接受，但累積後會改變基準與結果。前者強調人類感知與大腦的習慣化與基準漂移，後者強調有意識的策略性分割行動以避開反對。兩者共同利用注意力有限與對小變化的容忍，導致最終狀態被接受。
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