Flash Memory

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itself to be alone and resistant
to correction. The person may become so focused on the memory that he or she
may be effectively distracted from coping with real problems in his or her life.
There are many models which try to explain how memory works.
Nevertheless, we do not know exactly how memory works. One of the most
questionable models of memory is the one which assumes that every experience a
person has had is "recorded" in memory and that, "some of these memories are
from traumatic events too terrible to want to remember"(Thomas Billings
Publishing 1995). . These terrible memories are locked away in the sub conscious
mind, (i.e. repressed, only to be remembered in adulthood when some triggering
event opens the door to the unconscious). Both before and after the repressed
memory is remembered, it causes physical and mental disorders in a person.
Some people have made an effort to explain their pain. Even Cancer, was
known to form in some through repressed memories ...

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There is no
evidence that supports the claim that we remember everything that we experience.
In fact, there is plenty of evidence to support the claim that it is impossible
for us to even recall to all the elements of any given experience. There is no
evidence to support the claim that all memories of experiences happened as they
remembered to have happened or that they have even happened at all. We can never
even say how accurate our memories really are. Finally, "the connection between
abuse and health or behavior does not conclude that ill health, mental pain, is
a 'sign' of having been abused."(Peter Bedricks Publishing 1994). However many
psychologists don't believe in this ...

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