I did not know at the time, but my parents weren't allowed with me in the ambulance in case the worst happened and I passed ...

News of a new virus has spiked anxiety and triggered traumatic memories of COVID-19, but it is important to recognize that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EMDR was developed in 1987. Laurence soulez/iStock via Getty Images Plus If you’ve been to a therapist’s office in the past few ...

I've never really liked the dentist as an adult, but never thought much about it. But recently, I had a dentist appointment scheduled, and, as the day went on, something kept nagging at me. After a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Memories and photos both can misrepresent the past. Westend61 via Getty Images In 1990, George Franklin was convicted of murder ...

What if you could lessen a traumatic memory, or even erase it? In early trials, a common beta-blocker called propranalol appears to lesson the emotional effects of traumatic memories. Journalist Robin ...

Trauma theory shift: A new model suggests trauma is a disorder of brain threat prediction, not stored in body tissues, with flow states offering potential recovery benefits. Paper boosts recall: ...

Currently, the first-choice treatment for PTSD is exposure-based psychotherapy, where therapists help rewire the emotions associated with the traumatic memory in the patient’s brain, shifting from ...

In the study, participants’ traumatic memories were first reactivated, and only then was brain stimulation applied — precisely at the stage when the memory is in a “flexible” state and amenable to ...

A recent theoretical paper published in Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience suggests that psychological trauma is not literally ...

That’s according to researchers from the University of Hong Kong, who implemented a procedure called “targeted memory reactivation” (TMR) to reactivate positive memories and weaken painful ones during ...