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https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/dec/17/sleep-p... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7170365/
Basically by not getting REM sleep after a traumatic event your brain doesn't get the time to actually form and store the memories of the event.
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2010/dec/17/sleep-p... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7170365/
Basically by not getting REM sleep after a traumatic event your brain doesn't get the time to actually form and store the memories of the event.