The problem with saying to others that you've had a hard life is that there isn't usually any tangible evidence that supports your claim, other than the memory itself that never leaves it's source, which means that memory cannot leave your own mind nor be shared with anyone who wasn't there to witness what you experienced.
If there is nothing tangible remaining that shows evidence today of what happened in your life years ago, then did it really happen at all? If the tangible evidence doesn't exist, then why carry around the brown paper wrapper of memory that the experience came packaged in at the time?
If the experience is gone, maybe it's time to throw away it's wrapping paper as well?
