Loneliness warps memory, twisting how we recall personal experiences and hindering our ability to intentionally forget.
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Loneliness isn't just a feeling; it actively reconfigures memory. The self-reference effect, crucial for a coherent identity, crumbles under its weight. We become strangers to our own past, unable to properly encode or erase personal experiences. Is a society that normalises isolation creating a generation fundamentally disconnected from themselves?
The strongest counter
Correlation isn't causation. Memory is complex and influenced by countless variables. Attributing profound cognitive shifts solely to loneliness oversimplifies human psychology.
