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This is something very similar to what my psychiatrist told me when I seeked help for quitting smoking. It did work to some extent. However, I had one doubt always. Majorly rooting from experiments I conducted on rats. Let's say even if somehow a person overcomes the memory that created wreck in his/her life; what happens to psysiological changes in brain that were caused by that memory. Do they reverse? Can specific deletion of a past traumatic memory also repair the damage it has caused over the years? In these people that you meet do you see that if they overcome a bad past experience, they show an overall improvement in mental and physical health?
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Hello @scienceblocks 😃 <blockquote>what happens to psysiological changes in brain that were caused by that memory</blockquote> <blockquote>Do they reverse?</blockquote> It is important to understand that here we are not talking about memories being deleted or forgotten (also, this post does not cover trauma, dissociation etc..). We are talking about adopting strategies (e.g. having a plan) that might help people change their negative feelings/low mood towards their troubling memories. It is the change in their mood that, in turn, changes their brain activity (related to the limbic system, neurotransmitters etc..). For example, is not this one of the reasons why it is recommended that people living with depression engage in some form of exercise (endorphin, dopamine = mood boost). It is because of this very 'mood boost' that people begin to present improvement in both mental and physical health :) It is a beautiful process.
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