Remembering Under Stress
{"Image DocumentName": "Remembering Under Stress", "Image ImageDescription": "Our way of remembering things, processing new memories, and accessing old memories is dramatically changed under stress. When we are overwhelmed with fear, we lose the capacity for speech, and often the capacity to put words to our experience. Without words, the mind shifts to a more visceral form of memory \u2013 visual, auditory, olfactory, and kinesthetic images, physical sensations, and feelings. Flashback: intrusive re-experiencing of those unverbalized memories \u2013 not really remembering, but rather reliving Without words, the traumatic events of the past are often experienced as being in the present. Words allow us to put the past where it belongs \u2013 in the past. How can we do? The implication of this information is that we must provide an abundance of opportunities for survivors of trauma to talk and talk and talk! We also must provide programs that focus on nonverbal expression \u2013 art, music, movement, etc.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}