“…For more than a century clinical observations have been reported that, contrary to memories of non-traumatic events, the initial recall of traumatic events occurs in a fragmentary, sensorimotor, and affective way, often without presence of a clear narrative (Brett & Ostroff, 1985;Foa, Molnar, & Cashman, 1995;Janet, 1889Janet, , 1928Myers, 1940;Van der Hart & Op den Velde, 1991;Van der Kolk & Van der Hart, 1991). These observations have been confirmed by several systematic exploratory studies.…”