[MmmmmMMMMMM. Boy. This conversation sure does keep straying into dangerous territory and the more times it happens the closer Ford feels like he's getting to putting his foot in his mouth. The longer he goes without doing it the more sure he is that he will.
Oh well. Here we go.]
This is not my area of study, you understand. I may have twelve doctorate degrees but none of them are in psychology or neuroscience.
[Maybe he'd be less of a fucking mess if one of them was. Who knows.]
But it is not unusual for severe trauma to damage the brain's ability to reliably form memories, particularly memories related to the traumatic event. It is a defense mechanism. Whatever you don't remember, it was likely unpleasant.
no subject
Oh well. Here we go.]
This is not my area of study, you understand. I may have twelve doctorate degrees but none of them are in psychology or neuroscience.
[Maybe he'd be less of a fucking mess if one of them was. Who knows.]
But it is not unusual for severe trauma to damage the brain's ability to reliably form memories, particularly memories related to the traumatic event. It is a defense mechanism. Whatever you don't remember, it was likely unpleasant.