Emotional Links to Memories

Have you ever wondered why there is pain, happiness, excitement, embarrassment, or any other feelings related to certain memories? To two people the same memory of an event, or of a night, can be completely positive to the first and negative to the latter. There are a plethra of emotions that can be felt through the linking to millions of different types of memories.

Why do emotions tend to stick so heavily on certain memories, even after years and years? And do the memories that affect you for a certain situation affect a similar situation in a positive/negative way? There are supposed to be many different ways to detach memories from emotions, from remembering it in such a strangely silly way that you lose all negative thoughts of the memory. Another way is EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), which state that if you tap certain meridian points on your body, that it will change the energy flow of the memory you are producing in your mind creating a less painful event.

I have tried both of these in the past with varying results. Electrons fire off in many different ways as we think of the past, from the times that make us laugh out loud with just a thought, to the times that nearly put us in tears as it pulls our heart into our stomachs. Creating such a strong emotional bind everytime you relive a moment in just your mind is a very powerful tool and curse. As humanity tries more and more to understand how the complexity of the brain works, it really seems as if it is completely psychological.

Every person has the ability to find the key to unlock what is bothering them and make it flow smoothly like a river going down it's path, each individual simply has to find their own way to connect and change things so that it works for them. Then again sometimes it's unlikely to change a memory, repressing the past can lead to an underlying problem in the future which is hard to pinpoint since they don't even realize that they have repressed the feelings and memories.

I feel that the more you bring up memories that hurt you, and focus on them, working with all of your might to change them from painful to something that has no emotional influence, or makes you laugh, is the only way to truly get by in a world filled with medication for depression, anxiety, and so many other problems. After so much study, the mind is still such a complex mystery to the world that it's constantly changing to provide new ways to think about.

Do memories indirectly cause people to fall short of their dreams? Is it something that's pushing them away from following through? Does it cause a spike in any addiction they have? From shopping, to cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs? The emotional links toward memories help to improve confidence in certain situations, and can, in the same thought, cause extreme depression.

Everyone is independent, and they all have their own ways of figuring things out in life. This is no different than any other skill you must learn in life. And I believe that too many people give up, succumbing to their addictions, instead of having to face the problem at hand.