Re: Tell them to try this... To

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I do know that certain smells remind me of the past. (certain perfumes and

scents). And I kow that certain music really can get me in a depressed mood....

especially music reminding me of my childhood.

I believe that I have many suppressed memories of something. I don't know

what, but I believe it is there somewhere. Just the crap I can remember in my

life is enough though. So I guess the brain closes some doors and locks away

some of the things that were traumatic.

hugs,

Debra V.

Loest wrote:

I spoke yesterday with a local FM sufferer about childhood trauma and

its effect on our adult lives.

When it comes to our memories, trauma is like a hot branding iron.

It sears the memory or image in our minds forever, you never forget it.

The emotional/physical pain of the trauma can diminish with time,

figuring out what to do with the memory is a task and people develop a

coping mechanism in order to function with day to day activities.

Triggers like stress, or a specific sound, or smell does catch us off

guard and the old trauma can rise to the surface. It's a bear to put

back into our coping mechanisms.

Like my recent " Creature From Fibro Lake " , it eventually did slip back

beneath the surface.

People around us who do not have FM have a wild west medicine show

mentality, offering their snake oil advice for whatever ails us.

And the Granny advice can run along the lives of, " It's just your

nerves dear, take a nap,...you'll feel better " .

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