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Interesting - can you please elaborate on those different cognitive skills?

(also, both your plight and the efforts you put towards getting out of it sound very serious - best of luck to you)

Learning how to perceive emotional states in greater detail/resolution both in quality and in change over time is a big one. So is being able to observe their effect on your behavior and if possible to intervene and do something healthier. There are also things that map very well to neurological processes that are known to get completely wrecked during addiction, such as the ability to put your prefrontal cortex in charge and pursue deferred rewards.

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