Memories
Research shows that our earliest memories are highly suspect, with experiments revealing that a toddler’s memories are better than those of an older child. This is because when we are five years of age, we can remember some of our childhood experiences where as a toddler’s memories are more likely have been conjured up from the stories that they were told, they internalized them making them their own.
Memory is a dynamic process; it requires recalling events or experiences which requires a lot of construction considering that there is no portion of the brain dedicated to storing memories. We create our own history as we carry on with our lives, and every time we come across some new information, we reconstruct the latter merging it with our pre-existing memories.
Some claim that sexually abused children suffering from psychological illnesses were likely to have developed such mental disorders due to repressed memories with some citing cases where victims said that they had recovered memories of child abuse. On the other hand, psychologists and therapists refuted the reliability of these memories adding that therapists should not only be but also careful and phenomenological as well in their explorations with their patients so as not to encourage or influence the latter’s memories causing them to “recall’ something that in essence never occurred.
Chapter 3:
Fatalism is not the Correct Approach
Synopsis
Fatalism is a philosophical belief that all things are determined by fate, thus a person submits to his fate, feeling that it is inevitable. Oftentimes, the view on fatalism is directed towards believing that the future will predictably end in a horrible manner.
People who believe in fatalism tend to view themselves as powerless and that they won’t be able to do anything to change the course of his destiny.
In fatalism, there is a perception that a person has to resign to his fate rather than fight or change it. This kind of philosophy usually stems from people who have either been taught strongly about predestination or those who believe that they have a strong cognizance to predict what will happen in life.
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