I have been clean from heroin for two years but I still get triggered by certain neighborhoods and smells and it feels like my nervous system remembers everything my mind wants to forget.
More people experience this than they realize.
Addiction creates somatic imprints that operate independently of cognitive healing, maintaining activation patterns in cellular memory and nervous system responses.
“Where Are You with Addiction as mental health condition?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.