Memory Reconsolidation
Memories are malleable and when you recall them, you can change them permanently.
Your memory is dynamic and changing. You may recall something, feel differently about it, and forever remember it with a new perspective or a different perception.
When a memory is recalled, and during that process, it becomes malleable and subject to modification before being stored again. This can lead to changes in how the memory is perceived or felt.
This concept has roots in neuroscience and psychology, and significant contributions were made by Karim Nader, Joseph LeDoux, and others. Karim Nader’s work in the early 2000s demonstrated that retrieved memories could be disrupted or modified during reconsolidation, highlighting the dynamic nature of memory.
I know who I am in the past and who I am now are wildly different. A negative image of what once was. When I remember things from being a kid, typically it's a fractured fairy tale and I'm willing to admit it now instead of back then when I didn't have hopes of my life getter better. Because things are better, I can admit things I was too afraid to admit earlier. After reliving those memories, I put them back and they have a darker tone to them now. That's because I'm able to admit how those times affected me and how I wouldn't allow that to happen now.
That makes it important to remember when things were good and let them still be good.
It's not always that you're remembering it wrong. But you are partially recalling an event and then tampering with it before you put it back. That's why it's important to realize we may not remember things correctly and to verify anything we can before considering it truth.
