Today’s episode explores a Substack post by Jaime Hoerricks, PhD, titled “When the Files Reopen: Gestalt Memory, HRT, and Writing from the Body,” which outlines the nature of their writing project. Dr. Hoerricks clarifies that this work, hosted on their newest Substack Sensual Residue, should not be mistaken for traditional memoir, confession, or a retrospective erotic archive, even though the content is bodily and explicit. Instead, she explains that the writing documents a gestalt memory system reopening files that were previously inaccessible due to a lack of safety, HRT (hormone replacement therapy), and material security. She focuses on the change in access to whole, sensory memories and defines the writing process as seeking coherence, not closure, personal instruction, or an explanation of a former self.
Here’s the link to the source article: https://open.substack.com/pub/autside/p/when-the-files-reopen-gestalt-memory
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