New research involving Oxford researchers has shown that a simple digital intervention that includes gameplay can dramatically reduce intrusive memories of trauma in a month, even to the point of being symptom-free after six months. This treatment was also very effective at reducing the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more generally. The findings have been
Is it a good idea to over and over again line up all your traumatic memories just right so they disappear in one big satisfying poof though?
That is almost literally the conceptual mechanism being used here.