Flashbulb Memories

It’s very common for individuals to forget specific detail of past event and to not remember all that occurred, but what about events that seem to leave a permanent scar on an individual's memory. Flashbulb memories are specific events preserved with great detail in an individual's mind. These types of memories occur after an individual has gone through a traumatic experience, or an event that is linked with pain or immense fear. I personally have a few memories that are clearer and more accessible than others because they are a type of flashbulb memory. Countless individuals today carry the weight of past traumatic events through the recollection of the situation through flashbulb memories. Scientist and psychologist are still unsure how certain memories are able to be repressed or remembered with such great detail. I believe it's because the event was such an important part of that individual's life that the brain is able recognises the impact of what just occurred and reacts. Furthermore, causing the conscious to completely block out the situation, but in most cases the brain seems to latch on to the memory. For example, a study with sexualy abused
However, some events do seem to stick out in a sense that I am able to remember them with extreme detail even though they happened multiple years ago. One event that remains crisp in my mind is the day my youngest sister was airlifted in a helicopter to children's hours after she had been born. At the time I was only six, just old enough to know something was wrong but not old enough to completely grasp the scene before me. I can still see the doctors running up to the helicopter with my sister on her yellow cart being loaded into the helicopter, and the car ride following the copter to Little Rock. Even though the event many not be traumatic I still can remember with vivid detail what all went down that