Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking

by Caroline Leaf

There are three types of memories in a thought: Informational memories are all the details: particulars, facts, data, associations, links, and so on associated with that thought. These are like the branches on a thought tree. Emotional memories are the feelings associated with the information memories. These are like the leaves on the branches of a thought three. Physical memories are the physical embodiments of the sensations experienced at the time the thought was built, which are coupled with the emotional memories and informational memories. These are built into every cell of our body and are reexperienced when we recall the information and feeling memories, because these three parts of the thought are inseparable.