The Minor League with Savannah Robinson: Do We Remember?The Minor League with Savannah Robinson: Do We Remember?
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Savannah and Coach Blu talk about how memory works, from short-term facts to traumatic events that stay at the front of the mind. They connect anxiety, ADHD, grief and recovery, and explain how their “erase and replace” approach can soften painful memories without losing what matters.
24:04•28 Oct 2022
Memories, Trauma and “Erase and Replace” with Savannah and Coach Blu
Episode Overview
- Memory includes sensory, short-term and long-term systems, and modern tech can weaken everyday memorising skills.
- Anxiety can severely disrupt working memory, especially in tests or stressful situations, affecting problem-solving and performance.
- Traumatic memories often sit at the front of the mind, keeping people on high alert, and approaches like EMDR can help move them into long-term storage.
- People with ADHD may struggle to encode and process information in working memory, which can lead to gaps in learning and frequent forgetfulness.
- The Addict II Athlete idea of “erase and replace” focuses on easing painful emotions around memories and creating more positive, meaningful associations instead.
“"If it hurts, it's because you love."”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? On Addict II Athlete’s “Minor League” segment, Savannah Robinson and her dad, Coach Blu Robinson, chat about something everyone in recovery wrestles with sooner or later: memory. Savannah brings in ideas from her psychology class, breaking down sensory, short-term and long-term memory in down-to-earth language.
She talks about how her generation leans less on memorising information because phones and tech do it for them, and why that might be hurting things like ACT test scores. Blu jumps in with real-life examples from working with young people, showing how anxiety can wipe out working memory the moment a test or stressful situation hits. The conversation shifts into tougher territory: traumatic memories and how they sit at “the forefront of the mind”, constantly scanning for danger.
Blu explains how this can feed anxiety and post-traumatic stress, and why approaches like EMDR help “move it from that frontal lobe fight-or-flight into long-term where it's supposed to be.” Savannah opens up about losing a friend and how grief memories can take over everyday life. Together, they connect this to the Addict II Athlete idea of “erase and replace” – not erasing the person or the past, but softening the pain around it and building new, healthier associations.
A park where tragedy happened can slowly become a place of beauty again. They also have fun with more light-hearted examples: using strange stories to memorise the last ten US presidents, the smell of a specific candle instantly triggering autumn memories, and why some scents “smell like a new apartment” or “grandma’s house” years later.
If you're curious about how memory, trauma, anxiety and ADHD all tie into recovery and everyday life, this conversation might get you thinking about what your own mind is holding onto – and what you’re ready to gently file away. What memories are running your life more than you’d like?
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