Marlene BermanBoston, Massachusetts, United States Neuroscience is demonstrating that torment can be eliminated by altering one’s memories of the original circumstances responsible for the anguish. The changes occur when the old memories are retrieved, reappraised, and reconsolidated differently.1,2 Retrieving, Reappraising,and Reconsolidating Memories Our brain allows us to learn and then to recall events, feelings, perceptions,…