• May 2, 2024

Say one sentence: "Remember is to go back to live " The memories are images that are archived in the memory . They serve to bring us to past to the I presented . But, why can we remember of certain things ? We can forget the unpleasant experiences ?  

Some researchers suggest that it is because the events positive he are left during more time in the memory that the bad ones, this is that, the hold on to good memories-leaving the bad behind-helps us deal with situations unpleasant and keep a positive attitude before life

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60% of people forget unpleasant experiences

It was in the 30s when it was said for the first time that bad memories he fade faster.

Specialists verify what remains in the memory of people after a few holidays , categorizing them in pleasant Yunpleasant . The 60% forgot the experiences unpleasant , while only the 42% of the pleasant they had missing .

Timothy Ritchie, from the University of Limerick , in Ireland, decided analyze the data of the samples collected by six academics colleges in the world.

The researchers had access to participants of many ethnic groups English speakers , including African-Americans, Ghanaians , Germans, natives Americans and New Zealanders of both European descent and the aboriginal . In total, 2 thousand 400 were included memoirs autobiographical records of 562 people 10 countries .

Although the methodology of event collection of the memory varied in many ways, the common denominator was ask them what remember moments positive Y negative .

The authors considered that the study showed how the disappearance quick to unpleasant memories it is a phenomenon that occurs in all the cultures , and that help toprocess the negativity already adapt to the changes of what surrounds them while they retain a positive attitude towards life.

Bad memory can generate depression

According to him psychoanalysis , hang on yet memory It can generate depression and, in extreme cases, a breaking off with the reality current, creating the Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome .

We must understand that forgetting is something normal even necessary , then avoid accumulate an excess of useless data, although it is not about remember only what important . The idea is enhance our positive memories .

We understand that life would be impossible if everything let's remember … the secret it is in knowing to choose what you owe forget .

And as he said Gabriel Garcia Marquez : "The memory of the heart eliminate the bad guys memories and magnifies the good ones, and thanks to that artifice we achieve endure the past ”.