It is apparently the case that within the nervous system, curiosity and trauma are incompatible. They run on separate or at least opposed circuits. You cannot simultaneously feel curious and traumatized. I read this in Peter Levine’s “In an unspoken voice”.
For some time I had “Be Relentlessly Curious” as a bumper sticker on my car. Perhaps I felt this. Curiosity continues to be one of my principle values. I can and have argued at times that it is the single most important virtue, as it leads you to discover all the others, and why they matter.
If life is an adventure, curiosity is what gets you out the door.