Psychologists Agree: that Older People Repeat the Same Stories over and over Again Has Nothing to Do with a Memory Problem
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Far from being a topic to worry about, it's a way of looking back and reorganizing ideas; all the details
Listening to the same anecdotes of older people over and over again does not mean a loss of memory or stagnation in the past: it has a profound psychological explanation supported by several investigations.
When an older person repeatedly decides to tell his passionate stories of the past it means that nostalgia sprouts in his mind. Those grandparents who retell how they knew the love of their life, the memories of their experiences during military service, the story of how they got their first car, or their experiences with friends, ... Continue reading "Psychology says that older people who repeat the same stories don't do it because they're runn…
If an older person tells several times the same story about the first car, an old comrade of war or the night he met someone special, this does not automatically mean that he is losing his memory. According to psychology, this behavior can be part of a process called a life review, in... The post Psychology says that when people over 75 tell the same stories repeatedly, they are not losing their memory; researchers call it a life review, and are…
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