traumatic memory
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“It’s like being stuck in a maze and no matter what path you choose there’s just black holes everywhere that you keep falling into,” he says before launching into a traumatic memory.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026
The combination of the drug and the talk therapy is meant to help patients to relive and process their traumatic memory.
From Science Magazine • Jun. 5, 2024
"We demonstrated in four mouse models of ASD that a single mild stress can form a traumatic memory."
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
It works, Dr. Sloan said, much the way other trauma-focused treatments do: by allowing the client to confront the traumatic memory, lessening their fear and avoidance, and allowing them to identify misconceptions like self-blame.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2023
When Casiano returned, she said she has vomited on a regular basis since the birth and subsequent death of her child, as a bodily reaction to the traumatic memory.
From Slate • Jul. 22, 2023