I've always thought this story was quite fascinating...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl...-1.1215223
It's a 2012 story.
I remember it now and then...
I think it's a fascinating glimpse into the power of trauma and subsequent behavior induced thereby.
Essentially, the lady was driving to work, hit a moose which took out her windshield and peeled off her roof... and she just kept on driving to work like nothing happened.
When she gets there, co-workers have to point out and ask her what happened... to which she initially replies nothing happened. Eventually, of course, the enormity of the situation was realized.
This is how trauma works.
"Trauma and Repressed Memories: It's a natural function only useful to a certain point"
http://www.sectual.com/thread-5490.html
It instantly flips a switch, and you are put into survival mode (which can be accompanied by memory blocking) so that you can survive the immediate situation and reach a place of safety. Then in the hours, days, months, and years following trauma, the damage which the trauma caused is "slow released" into the conscious mind in doses.
Each dose of trauma integration is equal in measure to the amount of trauma left to "sort though"... the first "doses" will be monstrosities, and each subsequent "dose" will lessen in intensity as the trauma is integrated.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundl...-1.1215223
It's a 2012 story.
I remember it now and then...
I think it's a fascinating glimpse into the power of trauma and subsequent behavior induced thereby.
Essentially, the lady was driving to work, hit a moose which took out her windshield and peeled off her roof... and she just kept on driving to work like nothing happened.
When she gets there, co-workers have to point out and ask her what happened... to which she initially replies nothing happened. Eventually, of course, the enormity of the situation was realized.
This is how trauma works.
"Trauma and Repressed Memories: It's a natural function only useful to a certain point"
http://www.sectual.com/thread-5490.html
It instantly flips a switch, and you are put into survival mode (which can be accompanied by memory blocking) so that you can survive the immediate situation and reach a place of safety. Then in the hours, days, months, and years following trauma, the damage which the trauma caused is "slow released" into the conscious mind in doses.
Each dose of trauma integration is equal in measure to the amount of trauma left to "sort though"... the first "doses" will be monstrosities, and each subsequent "dose" will lessen in intensity as the trauma is integrated.
