Does a song conjure painful memories? Try to rehabilitate it, say scientists

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The urge to avoid music that brings up trauma from the past is powerful, but it may be better to ‘actively engage’When Bonnie hears the opening bars of the Verve’s Bitter Sweet Symphony, she is transported back to 1997. But it isn’t a joyful memory that comes to mind; it is the painful recollection of driving home from school and seeing the sheriff changing a lock on her house.Then a teenager, Bonnie and her family were about to be evicted. And the Verve’s song was everywhere. Continue reading...