Have you ever been completely certain about how something happened — only to realise that someone else remembers the same event very differently? In this episode, Dr. Yadegarfard explores how human memory actually works, and why our minds don’t simply record events, but actively reconstruct them over time.

This episode looks at how memories are shaped by emotion, meaning, and context, and how personal stories formed in moments of stress, fear, or pain can continue to influence how we feel and react long after the event itself has passed. Rather than focusing on whether memories are “right” or “wrong,” the episode explains how therapy works with meaning, interpretation, and emotional safety to help loosen the grip of rigid personal narratives.

Designed for people in therapy, thinking about therapy, or curious about how memory and meaning affect mental health, this episode offers a compassionate, science-informed understanding of why certain memories feel so powerful — and how they can soften over time.

You’ll learn: • Why memory is reconstructive rather than a fixed record of the past • How emotion shapes what we remember and how we remember it • Why different people can recall the same event in very different ways • How personal stories form around difficult experiences • When memories and stories become emotionally unhelpful • How therapy works with meaning rather than trying to “correct” memory • Why changing a story is not the same as denying pain

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