Psychology says people who still remember exactly where they were when JFK was shot or 9/11 happened aren’t clinging to a date on the calendar — they’re carrying the exact coordinates of the moment their understanding of the world was permanently rewritten, and the reason those details never fade is because your brain wasn’t recording the tragedy, it was recording the last version of you that existed before you knew the world could break like that
· tommy baker
AI Briefing
- The brain's response to trauma is not just about recording events, but about preserving the self before the traumatic event.
- The exact coordinates of the moment the world's rules change are etched in memory as a personal memory of loss.
- This memory remains intact even as the details of the event fade over time.
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