Memories don't make sense

I often have memories of something that doesn't make any sense.

For example, I always thought of how I was sitting at my new smartphone and stretching my legs on my new armchair while watching a video on my laptop.

The only problem with this memory is that I did some research and I stopped using my laptop when I got my phone, which was already broken at the time.

I also bought the armchair later.

Can you have such falsified memories?

Is that normal?

I'm really scared for my health right now, so is that normal?

Did you already have something like that?

Yes, that's normal, I also have a similar story: I always had a memory of sitting in a flower meadow, I was there 4 or so, and behind me is a big factory making noise. Then sometime when I was 13 or so my parents show me old pictures of me and my brother and there was a picture where my brother was sitting in a flower meadow and behind him is a factory (I know the place, but has never been there) He was there 4 or so. And I thought that was me because I can remember it. But my parents said that's my brother. I was very shocked afterwards.

Yeah, that's what I think is called the Mandela Effect (it gives you memories that never happened)

But you probably just mixed up memories

The best thing to do is to watch the video from Creepypastapunch, just search on Youtube.

I'm scared of this freak.

Psch calm down, it's only a person like me and hopefully you are too.

But he always talks about monsters, that knocks the strongest ox.

The brain doesn't store things as they are, but combines them with things that go together. That is why a reminder is almost never 100% correct. We humans still work. Everything okay.

These are perfectly normal distorted memories. This is completely normal and nothing to worry about.

Our memory is by no means perfect. That is not his job either. It is supposed to ensure our survival and it is even advantageous to distort certain memories, for example by exaggerating negative memories.

The brain not only distorts memories, it even fabricates them. Studies have shown that, on average, around 40% of an adult's childhood memories are completely fabricated, i.e. There has never been a comparable event.

The longer a memory is, the greater the chance it will be distorted.

This can even happen to entire groups of people, especially when there are similar memories that can mix with the actual memories.

When this happens to groups, it is called the "Mandela Effect" and that is why there are many myths, but none of them are true because they are nothing more than distorted memories.

Basically this is normal because memories are always wrong. It is even possible to instill false memories on someone, this has been proven by experiments. These people were then convinced that they had experienced something, although it was clearly not the case. But even without that, we often confuse memories. Judges can tell a song about it when they try to make sense of different testimonies. People who have experienced the same thing often have very different memories.

Well, I wouldn't worry at first. It's good that you notice.