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How Do You Erase or Change Memories?

Healing Trauma

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Rewiring Traumatic Memories through Memory Reconciliation

This chapter explores the concept of memory reconciliation as a method to alter traumatic memories, comparing it to editing an old document rather than creating a new one. It discusses memory reconsolidation experiments on rats and humans, ethical considerations of memory erasure, and different approaches like drugs and therapy to modify memories and beliefs. The chapter emphasizes the process of memory access, destabilization, and transformation to rewire trauma networks, highlighting the transformative power of memory reconciliation in healing past traumas.

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