1. A neuropsychologist explained that the brain stores music differently from memories of events. Trauma is processed with context — time, cause, narrative. Music bypasses that. It binds directly to the limbic system and freezes emotional states without timestamps. When an old song plays, the brain doesn’t remember — it re-enters. Decisions made in that state feel “right” even if they belong to a version of you that no longer exists. 2. This is why people relapse into old patterns without realiz