What are false memories, and how can you stop them? 

"You may strongly believe that you called your friend yesterday when in fact, you haven’t spoken to them for a few days. Or you may believe you locked your car before walking back into the house when you hadn’t. And you may incorrectly remember turning the dishwasher on this morning."

"We quite often trust our memory above many things and will argue until we are blue in the face because we believe the memories and thoughts deeply rooted in our minds."

Memory is a funny thing. We rely on it, but it can steer us in the completely wrong direction if we let it. We quite often trust our memory above many things and will argue until we are blue in the face because we believe the memories and thoughts deeply rooted in our minds. However, our memory is not always compliant and can be somewhat flexible making it not always correct in how we reminisce about a time or place.

While we sleep, memories are logged away. Think of if like a filing cabinet in your mind which is easily accessible, and memories can be effortlessly retrieved. However, the transition to those filing cabinets is not always as streamlined as we may like and memories can become distorted, split, or sometimes lost during the transfer.