> It is, she says, like living with a split screen: on the left side is the present, on the right is a constantly rolling reel of memories, each one sparked by

> It is, she says, like living with a split screen: on the left side is the present, on the right is a constantly rolling reel of memories, each one sparked by the appearance of present-day stimuli. With so many memories always at the ready, Price says, it can be maddening: virtually anything she sees or hears can be a potential trigger. Hey this is me. Any particular smell, certain ways light illuminate a surface or environment, the way my arm accidentally scrapes something, the way a person speaks, even certain sounds in traffic, will launch me back into a random memory reel. I have an impossible time being "present" because half of me is walking through some memory of the past with great detail. It's like nostalgia on steroids.