• ouch@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I probably don’t have a clue, but that sounds like trauma memories at work. Traumatic events can create memories that are mixed up and don’t integrate with rest of our chronological memories.

    The problem is, those tend to pop up from triggers until the subject has enough mental strength to process them and integrate them into the chronological, past memories, at which point they should lose most of the intense feelings that they come with.

    I hope see goes to psychotherapy if she has seen some shit.

    Sorry about the duck. Maybe it’s living in a duck heaven now.

    • General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Oh, yes. We both go to regular therapy specializing in trauma. We highly recommend it, as well. We’ve worked through a lot of stuff. I just didn’t think bringing up the ducklings in the future would be a worthwhile subject to work through, at least for now while we work on other stuff. She can keep that and whatever the hell she saw in that accident locked safely away.