Ciara Greene

We were good friends. Your first pregnancy was terrible. You were so sick. You were in bits. And her husband was saying the same. Her husband was saying, like, are you kidding? You couldn't get out of bed when you were pregnant the first time. It was so bad.

We were good friends. Your first pregnancy was terrible. You were so sick. You were in bits. And her husband was saying the same. Her husband was saying, like, are you kidding? You couldn't get out of bed when you were pregnant the first time. It was so bad.

I do tend to look at everything through this lens. So I just think it was absolutely fascinating how her memory of that had been distorted. And what always seemed obvious to me and to Gillian in retrospect was that her memory had not been distorted in a completely random way. It had been distorted in a very systematic way.

I do tend to look at everything through this lens. So I just think it was absolutely fascinating how her memory of that had been distorted. And what always seemed obvious to me and to Gillian in retrospect was that her memory had not been distorted in a completely random way. It had been distorted in a very systematic way.

I do tend to look at everything through this lens. So I just think it was absolutely fascinating how her memory of that had been distorted. And what always seemed obvious to me and to Gillian in retrospect was that her memory had not been distorted in a completely random way. It had been distorted in a very systematic way.

And if we think that, you know, about the purpose of evolution at its bare core, you know, of allowing us to propagate our genes, allowing us to reproduce. You know, you could think about that idea that would anybody ever have a second child if they remembered how bad it was the first time around?

And if we think that, you know, about the purpose of evolution at its bare core, you know, of allowing us to propagate our genes, allowing us to reproduce. You know, you could think about that idea that would anybody ever have a second child if they remembered how bad it was the first time around?

And if we think that, you know, about the purpose of evolution at its bare core, you know, of allowing us to propagate our genes, allowing us to reproduce. You know, you could think about that idea that would anybody ever have a second child if they remembered how bad it was the first time around?

So that maybe there is an evolutionary benefit or like a functional benefit to misremembering or forgetting some of those negative experiences because it allows us to move forward with our lives. But there is some evidence suggesting that actually this is true

So that maybe there is an evolutionary benefit or like a functional benefit to misremembering or forgetting some of those negative experiences because it allows us to move forward with our lives. But there is some evidence suggesting that actually this is true

So that maybe there is an evolutionary benefit or like a functional benefit to misremembering or forgetting some of those negative experiences because it allows us to move forward with our lives. But there is some evidence suggesting that actually this is true

that women who are trying to get pregnant or want to have a second child do misremember the kind of the difficulties of their first pregnancy and of their first childbirth and that they will kind of dial down the negative elements of that and that sort of supports them to be able to kind of just even mentally deal with the idea of doing it again.

that women who are trying to get pregnant or want to have a second child do misremember the kind of the difficulties of their first pregnancy and of their first childbirth and that they will kind of dial down the negative elements of that and that sort of supports them to be able to kind of just even mentally deal with the idea of doing it again.

that women who are trying to get pregnant or want to have a second child do misremember the kind of the difficulties of their first pregnancy and of their first childbirth and that they will kind of dial down the negative elements of that and that sort of supports them to be able to kind of just even mentally deal with the idea of doing it again.

To an extent. I mean, it's not the case necessarily that we're actually just taking memories and taking them out and putting them away. But certainly we are kind of combining things together and digesting them in such a way that we're kind of clearing up some kind of mental space. Now, when I say mental space, I don't mean long-term memory storage.

To an extent. I mean, it's not the case necessarily that we're actually just taking memories and taking them out and putting them away. But certainly we are kind of combining things together and digesting them in such a way that we're kind of clearing up some kind of mental space. Now, when I say mental space, I don't mean long-term memory storage.

To an extent. I mean, it's not the case necessarily that we're actually just taking memories and taking them out and putting them away. But certainly we are kind of combining things together and digesting them in such a way that we're kind of clearing up some kind of mental space. Now, when I say mental space, I don't mean long-term memory storage.

We actually do have quite like the ability to store a huge amount of information. A lot of the time when we talk about not being able to remember something, it's not that that memory isn't there anywhere, it's that we don't have an easy route to access it.

We actually do have quite like the ability to store a huge amount of information. A lot of the time when we talk about not being able to remember something, it's not that that memory isn't there anywhere, it's that we don't have an easy route to access it.

We actually do have quite like the ability to store a huge amount of information. A lot of the time when we talk about not being able to remember something, it's not that that memory isn't there anywhere, it's that we don't have an easy route to access it.