Storing Trauma

Science Daily: How traumatic memories hide in the brain, and how to retrieve them - Special brain mechanism discovered to store stress-related, unconscious memories

summary - Some stressful experiences -- such as chronic childhood abuse -- are so traumatic, the memories hide like a shadow in the brain and can't be consciously accessed. Eventually, suppressed memories can cause debilitating psychological problems. Scientists have discovered how and where the brain stores those stressful memories and how to retrieve them. The findings could lead to new treatment for patients with repressed traumatic memories.