any psychological condition has to be realised on the brain because psychological processes are realised on the brain.

there simply aren't any psychological processes that are not realised on the brain.

implicit memories (experiences) are not encoded in linguistic (explicit) form. it isnt' just traumatic memories that happen that way it is a feature of memory in general.

e.g., a child knows how to catch a ball but can a child tell you the trajectory of physical objects at a momentum? i know how to catch a ball but does that mean that i know the trajectory of physical objects at a momentum?

behaviourist research has shown that memory can be implicit (non verbal). the majority of our experiences are like that. in particular the experiences that were formed before we developed linguistic competence (i.e. when we were three) but also a whole heap of adult experiences.

that puts a considerable responsibility on the therapist with respect to our verbally 'remembering' things that were not encoded in linguistic form...

but the feelings (in the present) are of course very real.

no matter how veridical our explicit memories

the feelings (in the present) are of course very real.

i've been reading about fear of disintegration (a little). the horror. the horror...