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BetweenKittensandRiots · 36-40, MVIP
Eventually it does begin to get more difficult our memories were constructed in a way to protect against this -very- problem.
What I mean is that blessedly our minds alter memories every time we access them and we should probably thank our lucky stars especially when you have a past full of crappy memories you're best forgotten anyways the way mine was.
all my persistent efforts at indivdual nostlagia eventually gave way to a past that certainly must have been a bit different than the one remembered...
it's all shot full of holes at this point You can try to cling but eventually it just gives way it slips through your fingers and things gradually drag you back into the present.
I believe memory probably evolved this way for damn good reasons. if it had been perfect we really would be imprisoned and tormented by those past. so a slightly -less- than perfect memory is actually a blessing when you think about it really.
What I mean is that blessedly our minds alter memories every time we access them and we should probably thank our lucky stars especially when you have a past full of crappy memories you're best forgotten anyways the way mine was.
all my persistent efforts at indivdual nostlagia eventually gave way to a past that certainly must have been a bit different than the one remembered...
it's all shot full of holes at this point You can try to cling but eventually it just gives way it slips through your fingers and things gradually drag you back into the present.
I believe memory probably evolved this way for damn good reasons. if it had been perfect we really would be imprisoned and tormented by those past. so a slightly -less- than perfect memory is actually a blessing when you think about it really.