Memories - what do you do with them?

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hindu4lyf

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Originally posted by: return_to_hades

I have a lot of good and bad memories. I think I remember anything that makes an impression good or bad. Luckily good memories far outweigh the bad ones. I don't think it is because they last longer. In general life is much more good than bad. We just spend too much time crying about the bad stuff. If it really was more bad than good, we would all be miserable perpetually.

I have great memories from all parts of life. But every year some memories fade away in a blur and I don't even remember what I forgot unless someone asks me "Do you remember?" . I have a theory that my brain size is finite and every year as I make more memories old memories get blurred away. I'm sure my brain has a data rewriting and reallocation system, but I have not figured it yet.

It sucks that I don't remember much of my childhood. The first 10 years of my life have sort of become a blur.I remember random things every now and then when brought up like all 10 cousins fitting in to an auto in Jaipur😆(Ricks in Rajasthan are a little bigger than the ones we get in Mumbai) I also remember misbehaving in playgroup and winning school competitions but I've forgotten a lot of other stuff. :(

I don't think I've had any major events like the ones Gauri listed and any thing that was considered major to me was when I was above the age of 10. So I remember travelling on a plane on my own for the very first time when I was 11 and I met some awesome people that I'm still in contact with 7 years later. Then there's my first day at secondary school..I still remember feeling so lost and scared of my head teacher. The woman was so damn scary.

@Xo: LOL luckily I don't have that many embarrassing stories to share. There is one, but you know how people always say 'omg it's too embarrassing to say'? Well, my story really is too embarrassing to tell anyone even though I was quite young when it happened and I shouldn't be ashamed any more.

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Angel-likeDevil

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Posted: 14 years ago

#32

I never really had an answer to this question.

Memories are important to me. At the same time, they can make your life a living hell sometimes, good memories too..

Originally posted by: Summer3

Any memory that you always cherish or a face or event you can never forget and keep playing in your mind or keep dreaming of ?

Yes, there are quite a few memories that I always rewind and play in my mind.

Edited by Angel-likeDevil - 14 years ago

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Summer3

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Originally posted by: tulipbaby53

Memories are funny things! I sometimes go through an event or meet a person not even thinking I will remember it or them, but then I will all of a sudden remember that time or person.

Also, sometimes I really want to forget a person, but then I cannot. I always remember them! Even still off and on. Don't know why.

Memories are good to some degree, but they can be dangerous too. Sometimes we get so caught up with our memories we forget to live in the present. One time I saw this lady who did not forget anything. She had trouble in school because she could not memorize information, but she remember people, events, and really small details. At first i thought it was cool, but then i saw how dangerous it was. She could not even forgive a person fully because the event would play back in her mind like it was still happening. That's scary.

Memories are important for learning and growing, and it's good we have access to this knowledge and the ability to retain such knowledge.

If not for the consciousness that advises and consoles us we can go crazy and turn suicidal with an uncontrolled mind. I guess extreme love or extreme hatred/addiction makes us fly over the cuckoo's nest and go nutty. Photos, souvenirs, letters, memorabilia etc helps us remember.
But the ability to forgive and forget is also a wonderful thing.

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Summer3

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Posted: 14 years ago

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I think persons who are generally straight and honest tend to remember better cause the mind needs to focus rather than hop around all over.

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tulipbaby53

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Originally posted by: Summer3

If not for the consciousness that advises and consoles us we can go crazy and turn suicidal with an uncontrolled mind. I guess extreme love or extreme hatred/addiction makes us fly over the cuckoo's nest and go nutty. Photos, souvenirs, letters, memorabilia etc helps us remember.
But the ability to forgive and forget is also a wonderful thing.

That why memories can be scary too. When people will not get past an event like a betray to the point they make themselves insane or cause harm out of rage to that person.

But, my memories are simplistic at this point in my life. Nothing that I really wish to forget, and I not one to hold grudges because I get angry at the moment and move on. There are some things I will sometimes remember and lament on, but I get over it too.

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tulipbaby53

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Posted: 14 years ago

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Originally posted by: Summer3
I think persons who are generally straight and honest tend to remember better cause the mind needs to focus rather than hop around all over.

this might be true...i don't know