How is data stored in the brain, and why is it difficult to forget traumatic memories?
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It is an evolutionary benefit to have trauma be unforgettable. there’s 2 animals who get almost killed by something… one starts thinking “it wasn’t that bad” while the other one has nightmares about it. Who’s more likely to repeat the mistake?
I was wrestling with a friend in high school, and we both fell on my arm, and snapped it literally in half. Went into shock. Would be an amputee except for a really great bone surgeon name Turnbough. Got a metal plate and 6 screws… I still almost have a full fledged panic attack thinking about it 24 years later. I have trouble watching football, because everytime there’s a pile up, I can’t think about anything else besides “somebody’s limbs just snapped off!” I haven’t wrestled or play-fought with an adult since. I don’t put that arm under my wife’s pillow at night.
I WILL NEVER DO THAT AGAIN
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