WHY MEMORY IS MYSTERIOUS

The brain is an astonishing organ. It is so complex and interesting.

I had a weird spatial memory occurrence this evening. Now for those of you who aren't psychologists, neuroscientists, or if you just aren't aware of the different types of memory like me, let me define it for you. The online enclycopedia, Britannica defines Spatial memory as "the storage and retrieval of information within the brain that is needed both to plan a route to a desired location and to remember where an object is located or where an event occurred." The last part is what I experienced.

I was at the same church, in about the same place doing something else but I was brought back almost four years ago. I don't know if it was because my life was chaotic back then and it is kind of still but in different ways. Or if the people involved are on my mind. Regardless of the reason, I was engulfed in and it was almost like an out of body experience where I was still participating in this service but my mind was replaying the events of the other service.

The brain attaches not only information but also emotions to literally everything. It was surreal.