Charles
Whitfield (Memory and Abuse) says
that unprocessed trauma is actually stored in a different part of the brain
than ordinary memory.
While a person is dissociating,
some information – particularly regarding the circumstances associated with a
traumatic event – is not associated with other information related to daily
activities, like going to school, making friends, or playing sports. The
traumatic information is held in a peripheral consciousness, kept at a distance
from the person’s immediate awareness for the time being, ideally until the
person has the strength or perspective to confront the experience” (Memory and Abuse see BOOKS, ARTICLES)
