And since your brainstem cant tell time, or know that many years have passed, it activates the stress response and you have a full-blown threat response. You feel and act as if you are under attack. Your brainstem cant say, Hey, dont get so stirred up, Korea was thirty years ago. That sound was simply a motorcycle backfiring. Oprah Winfrey, What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing

What Happened To You? by Bruce D. Perry