Ciara Greene

So she describes in really great detail how when her father came home and told her that Jim had collapsed at work and then they're driving to the hospital and she goes through in this just exhaustive detail every phone call she made to the nurse and then the nurse is telling her this and then all these details of the drive to the hospital.

And then, you know, what the doctors were, you know, this horrible situation where he was in critical care for days and then eventually the doctors had to tell her they had to turn off the life support machines. The fact of this terrible thing happening is something that everyone would remember and nobody's going to have forgotten that their husband died so tragically.

And then, you know, what the doctors were, you know, this horrible situation where he was in critical care for days and then eventually the doctors had to tell her they had to turn off the life support machines. The fact of this terrible thing happening is something that everyone would remember and nobody's going to have forgotten that their husband died so tragically.

And then, you know, what the doctors were, you know, this horrible situation where he was in critical care for days and then eventually the doctors had to tell her they had to turn off the life support machines. The fact of this terrible thing happening is something that everyone would remember and nobody's going to have forgotten that their husband died so tragically.

But it's every little detail of it. And she says that even like every time now, years and years later, she can't drive down that road where they drove to the hospital because every vivid little detail of that drive to the hospital is there, it comes back and they don't fade with time. You know, we have that cliche that time is a great healer.

But it's every little detail of it. And she says that even like every time now, years and years later, she can't drive down that road where they drove to the hospital because every vivid little detail of that drive to the hospital is there, it comes back and they don't fade with time. You know, we have that cliche that time is a great healer.

But it's every little detail of it. And she says that even like every time now, years and years later, she can't drive down that road where they drove to the hospital because every vivid little detail of that drive to the hospital is there, it comes back and they don't fade with time. You know, we have that cliche that time is a great healer.

And we do tend to see that, that over time, our negative memories tend to fade and we tend to hold on more to the positive memories. There are exceptions, but Jill's memory really doesn't seem to discriminate. She holds on to all of those details, whether or not they're still relevant, whether or not they're useful to her. She's still holding on to all of them.

And we do tend to see that, that over time, our negative memories tend to fade and we tend to hold on more to the positive memories. There are exceptions, but Jill's memory really doesn't seem to discriminate. She holds on to all of those details, whether or not they're still relevant, whether or not they're useful to her. She's still holding on to all of them.

And we do tend to see that, that over time, our negative memories tend to fade and we tend to hold on more to the positive memories. There are exceptions, but Jill's memory really doesn't seem to discriminate. She holds on to all of those details, whether or not they're still relevant, whether or not they're useful to her. She's still holding on to all of them.

Yeah, so I think the first thing to note is that forgetting is actually a fundamental component of memory. We tend to think of forgetting almost as the flip side of memory, and that memory is the positive of what we're supposed to do, and then forgetting is the accidental thing that happens. But that's really not the case.

Yeah, so I think the first thing to note is that forgetting is actually a fundamental component of memory. We tend to think of forgetting almost as the flip side of memory, and that memory is the positive of what we're supposed to do, and then forgetting is the accidental thing that happens. But that's really not the case.

Yeah, so I think the first thing to note is that forgetting is actually a fundamental component of memory. We tend to think of forgetting almost as the flip side of memory, and that memory is the positive of what we're supposed to do, and then forgetting is the accidental thing that happens. But that's really not the case.

Forgetting is a fundamental element of what happens in our memory processes. I think a lot of the problem here comes in that when we tend to make the mistake of thinking that our memories act like a computer system, that we should be able to just file away information and then it will stay in that same place.

Forgetting is a fundamental element of what happens in our memory processes. I think a lot of the problem here comes in that when we tend to make the mistake of thinking that our memories act like a computer system, that we should be able to just file away information and then it will stay in that same place.

Forgetting is a fundamental element of what happens in our memory processes. I think a lot of the problem here comes in that when we tend to make the mistake of thinking that our memories act like a computer system, that we should be able to just file away information and then it will stay in that same place.

And then later on, we should be able to retrieve that information and we pull it back exactly the same way it was before. And if we had a computer where we went to go and retrieve a file and the file wasn't there, it had been accidentally deleted, we'd be disgusted. That's not what a computer is supposed to do, right?

And then later on, we should be able to retrieve that information and we pull it back exactly the same way it was before. And if we had a computer where we went to go and retrieve a file and the file wasn't there, it had been accidentally deleted, we'd be disgusted. That's not what a computer is supposed to do, right?

And then later on, we should be able to retrieve that information and we pull it back exactly the same way it was before. And if we had a computer where we went to go and retrieve a file and the file wasn't there, it had been accidentally deleted, we'd be disgusted. That's not what a computer is supposed to do, right?

A computer is supposed to retain this perfect record of information as we recorded it. But that's not what our memories do. That's not how our memories work. rather than thinking of memory as being this kind of passive process where we just file information away and then it just stays there, memory is actually this really active process where we're kind of actively engaging in our memories.