Exposure to trauma impacts ability to squash bad memories [medicalxpress.com]

Well this explains a lot! 

Now for the solutions.

Would be interested to see if there is followup to this, with recommendations. Though those of us who live with PTSD and work to heal it, who read ACEs Connection and follow Resilience research, who devour Donna Jackson Nakazawa’s writings about PTSD, as well as the work of Bessel von Der Kolk, Rick Hansen, Tian Dayton, Anna Runkle and others, know some of the practices that help with brain re-regulation. Among practices they, and others, recommend that can help with repetitive negative thoughts and angst: exercise, joining in community (faith, recreation, recovery, service, or other types of community), journaling, meditation, yoga, detoxing off of unhealthy foods, community, tapping, community, community, singing, finding joy in nature and art, community, support groups, neurofeedback, finding purpose and passion in volunteer work, community.

Oh. Did I mention community?

Joining or creating an cross-sector* ACEs Connection geographic community could be one of the ways to refocus on ending and healing childhood trauma and building personal, family, and community resilience. 

* meaning all types of people are at the table to help create a trauma-informed community, including but not limited to educators and policy makers, survivors and social workers, business owners, law enforcement officers, judges, doctors, people from the faith community, hospital adminstators, county managers, people from all socioeconomic groups. For more information check out the “Growing Resilient Communities” widget on the ACEs Connection homepage, or click on the “communities” tab across the top of the page.