It's traumatic of course to have that happen but you still remember your life, you don't forget about first grade or something. Our mental state is affected by

It's traumatic of course to have that happen but you still remember your life, you don't forget about first grade or something. Our mental state is affected by the health state of our bodies. I just read the wikipedia bio of Damasio, I see he's a real neuroscientist (I am not). But how can it be that our memories are not only in our brain?