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When Trauma Memories Surface in Dreams But Not Conscious Recall

After my car accident I have no memory of the crash itself but I keep having nightmares about details that feel completely real.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The unconscious mind can process and replay traumatic information through dreams even when conscious memory systems have blocked access to the events.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Memory — how it works and fails?”

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