Numerous studies show that processes in our brain essentially select what we perceive and consider essential, both in the physical and even more so in the social environment. Thus, we also create subjective systems for interpreting the world and life. Because of the specific nature of memory, traumatic experiences play a unique role in this process, because of the frequent presence of life threats on such occasions, especially for the existential questions of the finality and meaning of life. These two questions pose significant problems for contemporary society, and faith and religion provide many needed and vital answers to some of their aspects. The answers must not be accepted only on a cognitive and rational level and translated into behaviour and life, especially for trauma victims, given in a compassionate, genuine, loving, and safe relationship where intense emotions and anxieties can be regulated. Scientific work in the sense of interdisciplinary dialogue, Pope Francis also strongly calls, can be of great help.
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