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When Trauma Creates Gaps in Your Memory

I cannot remember huge chunks of my childhood and it bothers me that everyone else has these memories but mine are just blank

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind's protective dissociation during overwhelming experiences creates amnesias that preserve functioning but leave identity fragmented.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with PTSD and trauma?”

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