How Does Our Memory Work?

The brain interacts with your physical environment. Cells of your brain record things that give you memory. Autobiographical memories are the most important memories because they are about us.

We gain the ability to time travel through our minds at the age of 9. We begin to day dream, remember, and distinguish time periods, like day weeks and months.  We later develop Abstract thought which is the ability to plan ahead. Your memory system helps you survive, and develop, you language and problem solving. Your memory reaches its fullest power at the age of 25, by the age of 27 it begins to fade, by the age of 40 it is partially gone, and later one you can lose it completely.  Memory loss can be devastating. Events cannot be deleted by will, and this causes negative effects because the events you may want to delete can be traumatizing. The emotions you feel when you remember something makes this memory a lot stronger. 

Post-traumatic stress:  may happen when you have an encounter with death, it is almost impossible to make it fade away, because the memory will stay fresh. A certain drug exists that may help you erase this memory but this is not good because memory shapes your character and your identity. Without memories you wouldn’t be yourself.