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Grainger's avatar

Excellent work!

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Barri Grant's avatar

This is stunning. I am curious about expressive writing too.

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Jeremy's avatar

Thank you, and James Pennebaker has written about the power of journaling for mental health. I may cover him soon in an article.

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Barri Grant's avatar

Yes. That is the work I was referencing. Pennebaker and Evans, Expressive Writing. Do you think we can alter memory this way too?

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Jeremy's avatar

Yes, I think reconsolidation occurs if the remember recalls the experience during journaling and then adds something positive, like a lesson or the sense of freedom to choose a new option/present direction. That probably occurs without journalers often even knowing the specific memory terminology.

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Geraldine A. V. Hughes's avatar

💥💥💥

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