Every human being has, at some point, had an experience where a smell, sound, or glance from a person causes a powerful emotional reaction that appears disproportionate to the circumstances. For many, this is not an accident; it is merely the nervous system doing what it was trained to do. Trauma is not a thing that just passes along with time. Studies always indicate that traumatic events may reconfigure the brain, modify stress response systems, and become fixed in everyday behaviour in such a way that the trauma survivors themselves tend to be unaware of them (van der Kolk, 2014). Understanding why the past continues to occur in the present is not only academically interesting but also a necessity for people seeking to end cycles that are no longer beneficial to them. How the Brain Stores Traumatic Memories Ordinary memories and traumatic memories are processed in the brain in a…