Dissociative amnesia isn’t fake. It’s when your brain literally blocks out memories of trauma to protect you. You’re not “making it up” just because you can’t recall every detail. That’s what survival mode does. You go numb, you black out, you forget until it’s safe to remember. That blank feeling when someone asks, “When did that happen?” That’s dissociation. That’s trauma. That’s why you don’t remember. #DissociativeAmnesia #CPTSD #TraumaResponse #NarcissisticAbuse #TraumaBrain #EmotionalAbuse

What is dissociative amnesia? “Dissociative amnesia is a type of dissociative disorder that involves inability to recall important personal information that would not typically be lost with ordinary forgetting. It is usually caused by trauma or stress.”-Merck Manual “Our findings provide direct evidence that memory repression in dissociative amnesia is associated with an altered pattern of neural activity, and they suggest the possibility that the pFC has an important role in inhibiting the acti

More on dissociation / beyond Derealization and depersonalization. Should we talk about dissociative amnesia next? #psychiatrist #psychiatry #mentalhealthmatters #dissociation #medicalschool #MentalHealthAwareness | Dr. Willough Jenkins