Episode 131: The Invisible Power of Memory

Psychology Has It Backwards - A podcast by Christine Heath and Judy Sedgeman - Saturdays

Memories are stored thoughts, like all information we have accumulated. They have no "power" until we focus on them. Otherwise, they are like books we've already read on the shelf, unimportant unless we take them down and start reading again. They have "invisible" power only because, when they come to mind, Consciousness brings them to life and we re-experience them. If they are good memories, we call that reminiscing. If they are painful memories, we call it suf...