Why our minds can't forget harmful experiences?

Today's topic is- Why our minds can't forget harmful experiences?

Well, you've probably heard the saying "It's not what happens to you in life, but how you respond to it that determines whether you have a happy or unhappy life." And if you look at it like that, then the answer is pretty obvious.

The thing is that we are not able to control how we react after experiencing something traumatic. We can only react in the best way possible which mostly involves trying to forget about it and move on with our lives. However, this is not always possible because some people cannot forget the past and this has led them down a path of self-destruction.

So if someone has been through something traumatic, then they will probably have nightmares about what happened even though they try to forget about it together. This causes them to have constant flashbacks of their past experiences which often leads them into mental illness such as PTSD or depression."

It's a question that's been bothering us for ages: how come we can't just forget bad things? The answer is simple: our minds are wired to remember.

Our brains are constantly monitoring our environment for danger. If you feel threatened by something, your brain makes sure that it never gets forgotten. When traumatic experiences are not resolved within a person's mind, they can become implicit, or ingrained in their brains through repetition. This can cause repressed feelings to become neurochemically active and generate anxiety.

The same happens when we experience something pleasant, like being happy or getting a gift from someone we love. Our brain does this so that we don't get hurt again. It keeps our memories stored in case of danger and for positive experiences so that they won't be forgotten. Our brain is also programmed to forget anything else that doesn't serve our survival needs.

When you think about it, it's pretty impressive. Our minds can remember every single experience we've ever had. Every good and bad thing that has happened to us, and even things we haven't experienced yet (like the future). But why?

Well, it's all down to the fact that when we forget something, it means that our brain has been able to make a new pathway—a new memory. And once a memory is created, it can be recalled at any time in the future. The more often you recall something, the stronger your memory will become. So if we forget something, then there must have been no pathway made for that experience or memory yet! And this is where it gets interesting: when we remember a harmful experience from our past and then try not to think about it again because we don't want to feel sad or angry about something that happened long ago… well, somehow our minds have found a way around this by creating an entirely new pathway around the memory of what happened for us not to feel sad or upset about anything anymore! And this is why our minds are so good at recollecting everything

The experience of trauma is often linked to the brain's inability to forget past negative experiences. The brain's ability to remember events that have occurred in its lifetime is called long-term memory. This type of memory allows us to recall important events from our past and make them part of our current mental state. However, two other types of memories exist—flashback and implicit memory.

Flashbacks occur when a person recalls an event from the past that happened at some point in their life. These flashbacks can be very painful for people who have experienced trauma because it brings back all of the emotions associated with the event such as fear, anger, sadness, or anxiety.

Implicit memory refers to how we unconsciously pick up on certain things about ourselves through repetition: like learning how to ride a bike by falling off one too many times!

Memory is the capacity to process and preserve information over time. This is also true for implicit memory and flashback memory. The brain is an amusing thing. It can help us understand math or help us learn how to ride a bike, but it also can make life hard.

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