The phenomenon of recollection in the context of the temporal work of a person with extreme experience

The article analyzes the issue of recollections about life events related to extreme experience in the context of the cultural-activity methodology, which considers the stress and trauma as a part of a wider phenomenon of extremeness. The phenomenon of vivid memories is interpreted as a result of the recursive linking work of a person with extreme experience. The author reconsiders the interpretations of flashback/flashbulb phenomena of R. Brown J. Kulik, gives new classifications and explanations of fragmentation and dissociation of the traumatic experience and compulsive repetition.