Brad Schipke explains that trauma replays in your brain because the memory hasn't been fully processed. Flashbacks and intrusive thoughts are your brain trying to integrate the unfinished memory. Once properly processed, the emotional charge disappears, so you remember the event without reliving it.
Why does trauma make your brain replay the same memories again and again? Well, the short answer is that your brain replays what it hasn't finished processing. So those flashbacks, the anxiety, the recurring thoughts, they're your mind trying to close a loop that never completed. It's your brain attempting to bring it into your working memory and process that memory. It's not a punishment. It's your brain trying to heal in the only way it knows how. But when you process the trauma properly, you don't have any of those negative emotions associated with it. And that's really the difference between remembering and reliving. If you want to learn how to make that shift, make sure to subscribe.
