In this episode, we interview Angie from Bothell, WA. Angie and her cousin had an encounter with Sasquatch on their property in White Rock, BC when she was eight years old. While Angie does not remember every detail about the trauma she endured, there are many stories very similiar that are only unlocked through regression therapy or in this case, like-for-like instances she has seen on TV that have "bubbled" these memories up to the surface.
Of the many things about trauma they never taught us about in school, some of the most confusing have to do with the way memory behaves—and misbehaves—during and after trauma. Most people have very incomplete information about the role of memory in trauma and its aftermath: What they don't know is that we have two separate memory systems—we all do—and that all these problems with memory are just the natural results of things our two memory systems sometimes do to keep us alive and functioning under threat. We don't choose whether or not our memory systems will react that way to an immediate threat, and it's not tied to how strong or brave or smart we are. It's a reaction to the way all our natural chemicals sometimes work together under stress and threat. Angie was no doubt in a state of shock and trauma as she entered the house as a child, and in her mother's own words "Angie Screamed like she had never screamed before."
Thanks for listening! - Chuck & Paul
