Traumas that one is not consciously aware of will be the source of expectations and behaviors that distort one’s sense of reality, which they will rationalize and prevent changing how one feels and acts. Discovering the existence and history of a trauma, which the mind had hidden so as to avoid feeling emotional pain, allows one to understand why they feel as they do and to work through these feelings. While the recalled memory will not disappear, the pain it produces will diminish over time. If traumatic events remain hidden, they will increasingly complicate one’s life and produce more pains.