FEAR OF THE PAST - PTSP

FEAR OF THE PAST, an article about PTSD in SPOTLIGHT

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is, as we all know, an uncontrollable emotional reaction caused by traumatic events. But what is interesting is that scientists found a way not to delete the horrible memories, but to make these painful memories much less intense. And here we go!

It all has its roots in the way our memories are stored and actually formed. Before an event is sorted deep deep in the brain, it becomes sort of temporary unsteady memory that has to stabilize. What is more, whenever we experience those memories again, the memory returns from the stable state back to an unstable state. And it is now that the scientists have come to the idea that these memories could be blocked and somehow modified by using certain drugs before being stored again.

Isn’t it amazing how our brain functions? We “drag” this mysterious “machine” along with us every day, and are not even aware of it. Don’t think that I’m under certain drugs for bringing up this topic; the thing is that I’m actually much into biology: anatomy and genetics.