When we endure distressing experiences, the conscious mind is the part that you are aware of, where you actively think about it or where you try to avoid thinking of it as a form of avoidance. Distressing experiences often overwhelm the conscious mind and sometimes, it tries to push the distress away by avoiding thoughts or having conversations about it.
Stress impacts the part of the brain, hippocampus in memory formation and retrieval. This explains why people find themselves having fragmented recollections and have difficulty thinking in a linear way. The conscious mind struggles to make sense of it all.
Distressing experiences often gets split across these 3 layers – conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind. This disconnect is why distressing experiences can feel confusing or hard to shake.
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