Meredith in “Take Me to Church”

Meredith

[voice over] The brain stores a single memory in millions of neurons. There's a neuron that holds the smell of your prom date's cologne. Another neuron contains the sound of your dress being zipped up. And one for your favorite song you danced to that night. To remember the whole evening, you need all of these neurons to communicate with each other to make a complete picture. But when the brain experiences trauma, these neurons can be starved of oxygen and die. Instead of complete memories, you're left with glimpses. A smell, a taste, a feeling. And once you start losing bits of memory there's no way to get them back.