Does Time Really Heal All Wounds?

Does time heal all wounds... all painful memories?  Sorry.  No.  The truth is that time doesn't have anything to do with 'healing'.

Consider two scenarios: 

1) Jack and Beth couldn't stand the sight of each other after their acrimonious divorce 20 years ago. Now they are more than cordial, both feeling like they just shared a nightmare a long time ago. 

2) Andy couldn't keep a job because he was haunted by painful wartime memories. Today -- ten years later -- his memories are not a problem and he is thriving in life. 

Didn't time have something to do with their recoveries?

To understand the change in Jack, Beth and Andy would you study a calendar or clock -- or would you be interested in what happened within their minds? To do the former would suggest that insights are a function of time.  Do you really buy that?  For example, if a person realized at two o'clock that they need a solution to a problem and he or she got the needed insight at eight o'clock -- did time in any way contribute to that insight?  Or did time simply elapse before the insight arrived?

Painful...