Experiencing something again, either mentally by remembering it vividly or physically by going through it again.
From 're-' (again) + 'living.' The prefix is from Latin, and 'living' is from Old English 'lifian,' creating the literal sense of 'living again.'
Your brain can't actually tell the difference between reliving a traumatic memory and experiencing it fresh—it fires the same neurons, triggers the same panic response, which is why trauma feels so cyclical and inescapable.
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