{"id":5834,"date":"2025-09-27T19:47:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/?post_type=veelgestelde-vragen&#038;p=5834"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:59:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:59:49","slug":"hoe-werkt-het-geheugen-bij-trauma","status":"publish","type":"veelgestelde-vragen","link":"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/veelgestelde-vragen\/hoe-werkt-het-geheugen-bij-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"How does memory work in trauma?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5834\" class=\"elementor elementor-5834\" data-elementor-post-type=\"veelgestelde-vragen\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ede96ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ede96ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c0ffda elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c0ffda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Herinneringen aan een <a href=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/information\/what-is-a-traumatic-experience\/\">traumatic experience<\/a> worden vaak anders opgeslagen dan gewone herinneringen. Tijdens een overweldigende gebeurtenis schakelt je brein over op de overleefstand. Delen die normaal samenwerken bij het vastleggen van herinneringen functioneren dan minder goed. Daardoor worden er vaak losse flarden bewaard, in plaats van \u00e9\u00e9n samenhangend verhaal.<\/p><p>Soms raakt het feitelijke verhaal losgekoppeld van de emoties en lichamelijke reacties die erbij hoorden. Je kunt dan achteraf wel over de ingrijpende gebeurtenis praten, maar zonder iets te voelen. Of je kunt juist <a href=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/information\/triggers-and-trauma\/\">plotseling overspoeld raken<\/a> door emoties of spanning zonder precies te begrijpen waarom.<\/p><p>For some people, traumatic memories are very detailed, while for others they consist of fragments or are even (largely) missing. That can be confusing, especially if others expect you to be able to retell it precisely.<\/p><p>It is also good to know that there are different forms of memory. We often think only of cognitive memory \u2013 the story you can retell \u2013 but emotional memory and body memory also exist. In trauma, the memory is often stored precisely there, where it is remembered through the body and emotions.<\/p><p>You can read more about this in the background article <a href=\"https:\/\/traumanet.nl\/en\/information\/trauma-and-the-brain\/\"><b>Trauma and the brain<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herinneringen aan een traumatische ervaring worden vaak anders opgeslagen dan gewone herinneringen. Tijdens een overweldigende gebeurtenis schakelt je brein over op de overleefstand. Delen die normaal samenwerken bij het vastleggen van herinneringen functioneren dan minder goed. Daardoor worden er vaak losse flarden bewaard, in plaats van \u00e9\u00e9n samenhangend verhaal. Soms raakt het feitelijke verhaal losgekoppeld [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5793,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0},"doelgroep":[12,13],"thema":[47],"class_list":["post-5834","veelgestelde-vragen","type-veelgestelde-vragen","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","doelgroep-iemand-met-trauma","doelgroep-iemand-in-mijn-omgeving-heeft-trauma","thema-over-trauma"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Veelgestelde vraag: Hoe werkt het geheugen bij trauma?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Herinneringen aan een traumatische ervaring worden vaak anders opgeslagen dan gewone herinneringen. 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