When I cried on the massage table for the first time, my therapist told me that our muscles have memory. She said that she knew that I was haunted, because my muscles tensed and flinched as if expecting to be hurt instead of loved. She crooned over me and told me to just cry. She told me that I was safe.
I wonder what would happen if I lost my memory. I’ve often thought it might be the kindest thing. If I could just forget those things, I could stop being so haunted.
I read that if you put a gun into a soldier’s hand after complete memory loss, he will still know exactly how to assemble and fire it, even if he can’t remember his own name.
What would my hands remember? What would my muscles remember, even if my mind mercifully forgot?
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