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Old Mar 15, 2012, 07:34 AM
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Part of this article points out how putting non-verbal trauma into words helps with healing. Trauma can block out normally-formed memories, so they are not easily accessible:

http://blogs.psychcentral.com/healin...to-your-words/
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Thanks for this!
growlycat, Sannah