PSYC 3690 Chapter Notes -Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Exposure Therapy
14 Apr 2013
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Title: distant memories: a prospective study of vantage point of. Adopting an observer perspective to recall trauma memories may function as a form of avoidance that maintains ptsd. Avoidance limits the processing of trauma memories and associated emotional reactions. Despite avoidance, have frequent recollections of their trauma. Why does this not result in the processing and resolution of memories. The observer vantage point contributes to ptsd reactions because it may limit emotional processing of trauma memories. Were asked about memory vantage point in the initial assessment and after 12 months. Question about vantage point: do you see the event through your own eyes or do you see it from an observer s point of view? . Shifting from a eld perspective to an observer perceptive was associated with greater. Possibly shifted because trauma memories were more distressing over time - functional as an attempt to reduce the adverse emotions.
