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    The Lasting Power of Good Memories

    A positive spin on our past can help inure us against pain. The post The Lasting Power of Good Memories appeared first on Nautilus.
    by Lauren Gravitz Mar 16, 2023 4 minutes

    Three years ago almost to the day, my 7-year-old hugged his teacher goodbye, we walked home together, and then we pretty much remained there for the next 13 months. COVID-19 irrevocably changed all of our lives, and now that I have a little cognitive distance, I find myself wondering what we’ll remember about this time, and why.

    As a science writer obsessed with the persistence of memory, it strikes me that, when I think about these years, the memories that rise above the chaff are not ones of heartache. When I look back carefully at that time of darkness, I find moments of joy, pinpricks of light.

    Smell and sound are recorded more faithfully when we are in danger.

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