Adrift: The Truth Won't Always Set You Free

by Lisa Brideau

The world seemed to be fracturing. The old ways weren’t working anymore, but people were desperate to stick to what had once made them prosperous and so many stubbornly refused to adapt. Refused to change.

Episodic memories, particularly autobiographical memories, are crucial for constructing the self story. Without these memories, there is no self.

“My experience is that fucking things up is super easy; fixing them is a bitch.”

That identity is a reflection of those around us. We become who we think people expect us to be. ‘I am not who I think I am, I am not who you think I am, I am who I think you think I am.’”

You can’t make up for the past. It’ll break you to try. Just do better; that’s all you can do.”