Taking photos or videos so they can be reviewed later to ensure nothing bad happened.Asking others for reassurance that memories are accurate.Replaying a moment over and over to lock it into memory.Focusing very hard during the present in order to commit it to memory accurately.To ensure a memory can be marked as a ‘true’ memory in case the mind questions it later.To ensure a moment can be mentally revisited later as comfort if something bad happens.To ensure a moment was fully appreciated (a special occasion, a happy moment, a good meal, etc.).To ensure useful information is remembered.I will need this memory to prevent my life from going down the tubes.Ĭommon reasons someone might over-attend to memories:.I will need this memory to get me through when my life goes down the tubes OR.The reason often falls into two categories: Memory hoarding is a mental ritual in OCD in which the sufferer over-attends to memories with the belief that these memories will be needed in the future. The idea that they will look back and have forgotten details (which is actually an inevitable part of life) gives them a lot of anxiety. OCD sufferers often feel that they must capture everything, from every angle, so that they can later recall exactly what it felt like to be in that room, or talk to that person, or walk down that hallway full of people. I knew that I wasn’t writing every detail of my day because I wanted to, but more because I would feel anxiety if I didn’t.
I couldn’t really pin down the source of the anxiety. When I would write in it, I felt a lot of pressure to make sure I recorded every single detail (I once wrote out the ENTIRE plot to The Princess Diaries). All I had to do was hold on to everything and prove that I was appreciating it, right?Īs a little girl I started keeping a journal so that I could remember everything. I figured if I never took anything for granted, then I would never lose the things I loved. I remember the first time I heard the idea that you shouldn’t take anything for granted.
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