For context: I’m a young adult, I don’t think I have any serious brain issues yet.
But I’ve recently been just trying to remember the past and although its kinda tragic, there are very interesting moments and I want to keep these memories forever.
But brains aren’t perfect, and I’m just so scared.
Even re-reading the events from a journal woudn’t exactly be the same as remembering it.
Idk, I’m kinda just obsessed with some memories for some reason. Don’t wanna let go of it. Having this “backstory” (for lack of a better term), is what drives me forward, without those memories, like if I get a concussion and forgot everything, I wouldn’t really be… well… “me” anymore, and the thought of that is terrifying.
You have to accept that as a meat machine your memory is imperfect and will fail. I have been tested within the top 1% fir long term memory several times over the course of my youth. Im now 50 and while I could recall most of the first 30-35 years of my life Im beginning to get bad at remembering names of coworkers or when I worked at jobs I held within the last 15 years. Memory loss comes for everyone.