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Do we remember things as being better than they were worse than they were or exactly as they were?

Does memory tend to soften/sharpen/stay the same over time? Does distance lend enchantment not only geographically but also in memory?

Posted - March 1, 2020
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  • 34664
    Memories are altered by our minds over time. We tend to highlight the good and gloss over the bad.  That is why we always long for the "good ol days"  
      March 1, 2020 7:18 AM MST
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  • 113301
    There are those who dwell on the bad on the hurt on the pain. I don't know what they gain from doing that but I think you're right. Memory seems to dim negativity. Thank you for your reply m2c! :)
      March 1, 2020 8:27 AM MST
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  • 10699
    Memories are funny things.  Many of the memories we have didn't actually happen as we remember them. 

    We can’t possibly remember every tiny detail we see (let alone over a lifetime), but our memories would feel incomplete if there were big swaths of gray running through them. So our brain fills in the details as best it can, borrowing from other memories and the imagination in order to build what feels like a complete picture.  We lose the details of experience rapidly but retain our understanding of its gist much longer. For example, after attending a baseball game, we may quickly forget what the score was, who pitched, and what we had to eat, but not that our team won and we had a fun evening.


      March 1, 2020 3:20 PM MST
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