Healing Dust Over You: Happy New Year!

I wish everyone a peaceful end of the year (or a noisy one, depending on preference or case) and a beginning of the new year filled with hope. 

On New Year’s Eve, I imagine a star exploding in the sky and sending a healing dust over those in need — a miracle that resolves hardships, restores health, and brings financial stability. 

May no one be hungry, ill or afraid again; may we have the courage and the resources for a decent life. #HappyNewYear

I am Cristina Gherghel, author of numerous blogs and books dedicated to neurodevelopmental psychology, human behavior, trauma, abuse, philosophy of mind, and mental health. 

I share my perspective not only from the standpoint of rigorous research but also through personal experience, living with multiple forms of neurodivergence from the Aneurothymia Spectrum (and related conditions). 

Terms coined by me: 

• Panmodal aphantasia
• Asensoria
• Avalidia 
• Atelosia
• Analytheia 
• Altrudynia 
• OMES (Ontological Metabolic Exhaustion Syndrome)

Terms already existing in literature: 

• Anauralia
• Anendophasia
• Anhedonia
• Asexuality
• C-PTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder)
• And others

The conditions described are insufficiently understood in the specialized literature. Current explanations for their causes are often inconsistent with how they manifest in lived reality.

This is why I am developing my own model, based on observation and comparative research, which analyzes the differences and overlaps among these neurodivergent conditions and their connection to early trauma, ontological abuse, and subtle forms of self-instrumentalization.

This article is part of a broader ongoing effort to clearly differentiate between these conditions — not only as clinical definitions but as lived experiences with a profound impact on thought processes, relationships, perception, and identity construction.  

Thank you for reading and supporting for my work. 

Dive Deeper into the Research

My full research papers and thesis can be found on all scholar platforms, for example: 

• Aphantasia Is Not an Advantage in Long-Term Abuse: On the Trauma of Fleshbacks and the Myth of Coping and Defense Mechanisms is available to read for free on Zenodo. It presents the complete argument, evidence, and theoretical framework.

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17692334

• The Zero Point of Narcissism: On the Conditional Nature of Panmodal Aphantasia as an Autopoietic Outcome of Amirroring 

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17857386

Join the Journey

My research is ongoing. I share regular insights, updates, and deeper dives on my Substack. Subscribe to follow the journey as the work evolves.

https://cristinagherghel.substack.com/

Become a Patron of this Work

As an independent researcher without institutional funding, my work relies on the direct support of readers like you. If this research has shifted your perspective, one of the most impactful ways to support its continuation is by purchasing my books. You're not just buying a book; you're fueling a paradigm shift. 

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My published work—spanning memoir and analysis—engages themes such as narcissistic abuse, trauma, personality disorders, toxic relationships, communism, immigration, C-PTSD, and more. The full collection is available here: Cristina Gherghel on Amazon.