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Originally Posted by skizziks
then why the hell do i keep getting tattoos? (well, honestly, probably because i'm sorta stupid like that).
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We know the physical pain will go away in time, when the body heals. Like giving birth gives more in return. Emotional pain may be harder to get by, we don't often want to go there again.
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Originally Posted by GreyWolf
We are not our memories. We are largely the sum of our experiences, and how we reacted and continue to react to them, which is different. Many of those experiences are actually forgotten, as nature intended.
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We can meet a person, who brings a lot of memories to mind, how we were in another "era". I sometimes don't like to reconnect with some old acquaintances, because I didn't like the way I was at the time, or how I felt, compared to what is now. I easily "blame" or relate other people to some events and memories, that were not pleasant to me, just because they were there, even though they might have not had any actual negative affect.
People and their views change, but yet there's the chance that similar events with same people happen again.
Sorry, I don't know the book, this thread is about.
This idea just came to my mind right now. I'm a kind of person to ponder things a lot, but I never really make any earth-stopping evaluation about my life and current situation. Would it help me to remember my life later, if I stopped now and then to make a thorough analysis? Should I write a diary?
I used to talk to a person, who was fascinating to me, and I memorized many things about him. It was a disappointment to notice, he didn't remember some of the things I had told him earlier. This kind of affected our conversations later, why should I tell him this and that, he won't remember it anyway.
Sometimes I don't like to hear people telling me about our common memories, maybe because I get confused, that their memories differ from mine.