Memories of trauma are often fragmented because these memories aren't usually put together properly. Instead, they include intense emotions, sensations, and perceptions. Memories of traumatic events can eventually be constructed into a narrative but usually remain fragmented. In peri-traumatic dissociation, where individuals separate memories from their emotional experiences, there is a “data-driven” processing style and “conceptually driven” processing occurs less. This leads to<unk>  relating to the events of the trauma, meaning that the individual encoded the trauma based on facts of what they saw but they are missing the structure that pieces this together into one synthesized memory.<unk>  is claimed to happen in posttraumatic stress disorder victims often. During the traumatic event, dissociation occurs and this leads to irregularities in the encoding process. This then leads to lapses in the memory and therefore<unk> . Therefore, it is important to understand<unk>  in order to treat posttraumatic stress disorder.
Fragmentation of memory
Motivated forgetting
Overgeneral autobiographical memory
Memory erasure
Repressed memory
Episodic memory
Mood congruence
Source amnesia