Pseudoreminiscence

Pseudo-reminiscence (or pseudo-reminiscence) is the phenomenon when a person, recalling some events from the past, cannot remember them in detail and often distorts the facts. This can happen for various reasons, such as stress, fatigue, depression or other mental disorders.

Pseudoreminiscence can manifest itself in the form of false memories that a person believes to be real, but which are actually distorted versions of events. For example, a person may remember that they were at a party, but not remember details such as who was there or what they did.

This phenomenon may be associated with brain dysfunction, especially if it occurs in people with mental disorders. However, pseudoreminiscence can also occur in healthy people, especially those who have memory problems.

If you notice that you or someone you know is having memory problems, consult your doctor. He can help determine the cause of the problem and suggest treatment.

Pseudoreminence is a phenomenon that is observed in cases where the subject cannot connect what is happening now with what happened before. This “gap” is filled with one’s own imagination and is often associated with the name of the founder of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud.

However, one should not think that these “memories” are the result of a process of reminiscence and go from the past to the present. According to the theory of the “psychodynamic unconscious,” a feeling of guilt or shame plays an important role in this phenomenon, as well as a person’s desire to evade responsibility for his actions.

According to studies, pseudoremission occurs in approximately 2% of patients of psychiatrists and neurologists. This discovery was key to understanding how the human brain reacts to strong emotions and stress caused by something in the past.

The key factor in the appearance of this condition is the factor of emotions, which causes the patient to have cognitive distortions - that is, a change in the direction of thoughts and attention from the present moment to the past, which seems unpleasant and wrong to the patient, regardless of whether it was real or not.

An example of such a situation would be a memory of