Traumatic Memory

Memory of a frightening or harmful event that a person lived through, formed under intense stress.

• Ex: A robbery victim’s memory of the robbery, with the gun in detail and the robber’s face missing.
• Ex: A crash survivor with a head injury who remembers the minutes before the crash and nothing of the crash itself.
• Ex: A student’s memory of being there during the shooting on campus last December.

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Last updated: October 5, 2026 at 5:27 PM