We forget what we once knew, and we inevitably replace it with what we think we now know. It happened in a certain way, but there are details that I don’t remember, and therefore my memory of the whole thing without those crucial details does not make sense. So instead of sticking to what I do remember, I distort it into something else and fill the gaps in a way that does make sense. Other memories help support this distortion and a reinterpretation of events reinforces my new narrative. It is imperative to forget, however, that this was not how I always saw it. I must also forget that at some point there was much I remembered not remembering, and much I intentionally forgot.
[Edited: 20/10/2022]
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