People believe they need protecting, when they have hidden their trauma, by blocking it out by forgetting.
The process for Life, people block out their trauma and they keep manifesting it and all the protection will not keep them safe.
Thinking they need protecting will only attract more danger into their experiences. They believe by reliving their past, they will remember all their doing is reliving and remembering what they want.
This is a waste of time, the individual is really punishing themselves for their wrong doing. Behaving this way is Self Destructive and Self Suffering and they come out more damaged. The Truth is the past will never be forgotten, they will always Know it through their Inner Knowing.