The unfortunate reality is that many people don't have a choice about returning to the place where something awful happened: They're forced to relive their trauma over and over again, because the "scene of the crime" is a place they can't logistically avoid. It doesn't matter if you experienced trauma at work, at home, or doing something you love to do, because your brain doesn't know to shut off your response. "If things aren't resolved, you have an unconscious drive to reenact the experience," Applebury says. West is reportedly in counselling as of October, which is a great and necessary step in anyone's healing process, but Applebury points out that if West did have a memory disorder, medication and counselling can help the symptoms, but won't erase the trauma.