Some moments are frozen in time for eternity. Those are the moments that exist perpetually in memory as if they happened only yesterday. Maybe it's something extremely personal such as a first kiss or the day a bitter divorce was finalized.
Or maybe it's something that is shared on a universal scale, such as 911 or the collapse of the USSR.
Whatever the case may be, for many the exact moment a particularly happy moment or painful tragedy happened, or when a history-altering event occurred, can be of such great significance that even the slightest reference to it can bring smiles or tears.
There is no doubt someone, somewhere, has studied this phenomena, from both the perspective of those who cannot forget and from that of those who fail to remember.
For there are indeed people to whom nothing has ever happened that is stuck in their memory, being either of a deeply personal or of a more general nature.
It is strange to consider, at least for me, that there are people who have no significant memories, but they do exist - I've met and known a few people who have made that claim.
It strikes me as odd and somewhat unforgettable when I encounter such people.
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