LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoCan you ELI5 why the brain doesn't store traumatic memories properly?message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1message-squareCan you ELI5 why the brain doesn't store traumatic memories properly?LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square18linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareobvs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoFear prevents your brain from realizing that the experience has ended. Your brain doesn’t have that normal “This is starting, this is in progress, this has ended,” progression.
Fear prevents your brain from realizing that the experience has ended.
Your brain doesn’t have that normal “This is starting, this is in progress, this has ended,” progression.