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Old Jul 26, 2016, 07:49 AM
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Possible explanation: suppression of memories too threatening to bear.

Another possibility: different people remember differently. My younger brother remembers a great deal more about our childhood than I do. Is this because he has less to suppress? Is it because we are built differently? Both?
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