a pleasant memory will lose its pleasure, an unpleasant…
Page 44 a pleasant memory will lose its pleasure, an unpleasant one, it's pain. When dealing with trauma, it is important to disassociate from the emotional pain first, otherwise the whole episode may be completely blocked out of consciousness and be difficult if not impossible to think about.
— from The Mind in the Cockpit · NLP by O'Connor and Seymour