... takes on a life of its own, encapsulated and resistant to correction. The person may become so focused on the memory that he or she may be effectively distracted from coping with real problems in his or her life. There are many models that try to explain how memory works. One of the most questionable models of memory is the one, which assumes that every experience a person has had is 'recorded' in memory, and that some of these memories are of traumatic events too terrible to want to remember. These terrible memories are locked away in the subconscious mind only to be remembered in adulthood when some triggering event opens the door to the unconscious. And, both before and after the repressed memory is remembered, it causes physical and mental disorders in a person. Some people have made an effort to explain their pain, even cancer, as coming from ...

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