Memory

I wonder why it is that people tend to remember the bad things that have happened to them with far more clarity than the good things.

Is it to do with the fact that bad things are more traumatising? Do good things have less impact on us?

I'm not sure myself to be honest - I think good memories are more powerful at times than bad memories, and certainly they're much more fun to remember. Often, though, we don't dwell on them (though they can cheer us up better than lots of other things). Bad memories tend to swirl in our minds until we can't bear it or until we busy ourselves with something else - why is that?

Perhaps because the bad things we remember most often weren't resolved particularly well at the time and you're left feeling that there was something you could have done better, or want to undo, or want to do now to fix it. Sometimes you even end up thinking along those lines even when there's nothing you can do short of going back in time and changing the whole thing.

Fortunately - the small bad things like being late for a meeting, or college or whatever tend to be forgotten fairly quickly.

Guess for the rest we either have to resolve them in our own minds (recommended), block them (Never try this - makes it worse), or join the ever increasing number of people trying desperately to make time machines...

Or as another alternative - focus on remembering the good things. When was the last time you though about them? I think you should just now... you might surprise yourself with how good your memory actually is. :)