Sometimes stress can bring disparate memories together.

A study conducted by researchers at the Czech Republic’s Academy of Sciences, the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center, and Rockefeller University reported:

“Our results show that stress can activate memory, even if that memory is unrelated to the stressful experience,” explained André Fenton, the study’s lead author and a professor at New York University’s Center for Neural Science.

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“Additional investigations into the effects of stress on memories could shed light on PTSD and other stress-related mood disorders,” added Fenton.

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These results show that stress can reactivate unrelated memories, leading the authors to hypothesize that, in humans, traumatic stress might reactivate non-traumatic memories and link them to the traumatic memory, thereby facilitating the pathological effects seen in post-traumatic stress disorder and other conditions.

I sometimes wondered when working with some clients why memories they insisted were related to a traumatic event didn’t seem to me to be related. This study confirms what I experienced then – that some unrelated memories sometimes get joined or connected to memories of traumatic events through stress. The connected memory confusion can be a source of tension and emotional energy for the client – and mystery for the clinician. Fortunately, using hypnosis and Rapid Eye Technology, the connected memories could be relieved of their emotional energy and the client would see fairly quick results – a significant decrease in emotional energy and increase in personal power.

Note to RET Technicians – just do the RET process and don’t worry about the memories (stories). No matter what story the client wants to put with their experience, it’s okay and correct for them. Releasing the emotional energy no matter what its source is the goal.

The study’s other authors are: Karel Ježek of the Czech Republic’s Academy of Sciences; Benjamin Lee and Eduard Kelemen of SUNY Downstate; and Katharine McCarthy and Bruce McEwen of Rockefeller University.