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Lianne Castravelli's avatar

I wonder whether, following trauma, some of us don’t rewrite our memories with a negative bias. Which is self-destructive, I suppose. Really interesting read, Hannah, and thought-provoking as always.

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Hannah Lord's avatar

Totally. Trauma is such a huge and individualised subject that I really wasn't able to get into it here but I'm glad you found this thought-provoking. Thanks Lianne!

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Lianne Castravelli's avatar

Agreed. With trauma, I feel like one either rises above or sinks below but one does not stay level. At least not in my experience. In any case, thanks again for the very interesting read!

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Kate Flanagan's avatar

This is really interesting. I teach a part of behavioural economics where we explore memory biases. I found this article on how we shape our own narratives really interesting as well; https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/400796/

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Hannah Lord's avatar

Hey Kate, what an awesome thing to teach, I bet that's fascinating! Loved this article, thanks for sharing!

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