Memory Unwinding Symptom

The unwinding symptom is a loss of control over one's own state caused by violent memories. This is a very intense painful experience of the past and at the same time a premonition of the tragic future in which we are present.

With any violence on the part of another person, a primitive reaction to it arises - an instinctive desire to “put everything off yourself” in order to remain whole and avoid the danger of self-harm. This is how the instinct to “stay alive” kicks in for the Toledo victim.

Naturally, in any violent attack of memory, violence is presented as the only possible topic. In violence there lies a feeling not just of conflict, but of a threat to the very existence of the individual. Phobias arise precisely because they initially have the effect of an obsessive return due to value or because of the fear of losing something valuable.