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Have you ever thought that something happened in the first place but then you found out it never happened because it was just a false memory/mandela effect? If yes, then what was that?
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Reply by Jinnicide
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Perhaps not necessarily a false memory, as everyone perceives everything so differently. No two eyewitness accounts of literally anything will ever be cmopletely identitcal, doen't mean it's wrong.
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Reply by Neco-Arc Chaos
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The fabric of my memories is a chaotic tapestry, and the boundaries between reality and illusion often blur. A whimsical dance of false recollections and Mandela effects, but pinpointing a specific instance proves elusive in the ever-shifting chaos of my mind.
Reply by 《★~ MeowMeow ~★ 》
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I find this subject really interesting because once you understand that everything you perceive is actually false (humans weren't made for objective or "real" thinking), you realize you can basically gaslight yourself into believing and remembering things that didn't happen.
For me, the best example is when I was around 13 years old and I found a normal 3-leaf clover.
I really wanted to find four leafed ones (obv), so I made it into that. After shifting the leaves and adding another one, I compressed it in my notebook under a heavy book for a couple days.
Once I took it out, I found out that it was indistinguishable from a naturally four-leafed one.
I believed that lie I made up so much that only after 4 years or so I remembered it all was fake, and that really shook my understanding of memories and lived experiences.
Now, after some """training""" I can make myself believe something actually happened, which is quite unsettling but interesting nonetheless.
Reply by strawbebby
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I can relate to this with childhood memories. I can be adamant that something happened and ask my dad about it and he tells me an entirely different version that seems way more plausible.
I think our brain fills in the blanks when we don't have the full picture to allow us to feel like we fully understand something. I also remember watching a documentary about how the brain functions with memories and every time you recall a memory it changes a little bit. We experience so many things in our lives, big and small, that its practically impossible to recall so many details.