Dharmapunx NYC Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Forgot
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Dec 18, 2025 Explore how emotions act like time machines, bringing past experiences into the present. Discover the interplay between the hippocampus and amygdala in recalling trauma and implicit memories. Learn why our emotional reactions often trace back to childhood experiences and trauma. Josh highlights practical techniques for recognizing these triggers and re-encoding memories with feelings of safety. Engage in guided practices aimed at soothing the body and accessing deeper emotional insights.
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Disproportionate Emotion Signals The Past
- Implicit emotional memories lack source awareness so they feel like they're about the present.
- When emotion is disproportionate to the event, it's likely a past memory being triggered.
The Pizza Restaurant Trigger Example
- Joseph LeDoux's pizza-restaurant example shows how sensory cues can revive old moods years later.
- A similar checkered table can trigger a severe mood drop tied to a past breakup.
The Body Holds What Storytelling Can't
- The amygdala remains active across the lifespan and preserves emotional records even when hippocampal memory is weak.
- Flashbulb images can return from traumatic memory, but mostly the body holds the feeling.
