"Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward. When we are listened to, it creates us, makes us unfold and expand."
- Karl Menninger
"Deep listening is miraculous for both the listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand."
- Sue Patton Thoele
The memoir is entitled The Woman Who Can't Forget by Jill Price with Bart Davis (2008)
I'm still reading this book and it is making me profoundly grateful for the capacity to forget as well as to remember! Jill explains the torment of endless vivid memories of every moment of her life swirling uncontrollably through her mind. No-one seemed able to understand what she was experiencing. She finally found one therapist who listened deeply enough for her to feel accepted and understood - hence the quotes about listening.
In preparing this Blog post I discovered a 9 minute YouTube interview which is probably a spoiler if you plan to read the memoir, but it gives a short insight into her extraordinary memory and the research based on her case. However, it doesn't really reveal the trauma and difficulty this has caused in her life. Which brings me back to being grateful for the capacity to forget, as well as the wonderful capacity to remember.
