Sublime

Trauma results in a fundamental reorganization of the way mind and brain manage perceptions. It changes not only how we think and what we think about, but also our very capacity to think.

Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.

Memory is shown to be not so much a library but more a repository of ready-to-run routines that enable our daily living.

When the alarm bell of the emotional brain keeps signaling that you are in danger, no amount of insight will silence it.

Adam recalls something he learned in graduate school: memory is always a collaboration in progress.

The act of recall is never neutral, and the emotions prompting the recall will shape the events recalled, mixing memory with desire.