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The Copy-Paste Past

The mind replays old humiliations like they’re live broadcasts. Time to hit delete.

Saturday, August 16, 2025

Trauma Memory Release

Metaphorical Narrative

The projector whirs. On the screen plays a moment of humiliation you thought was buried. Same faces, same words, same sting. Over and over.

It’s not happening now. But the mind hits copy-paste, smearing the past onto today until you believe it’s real again.

One day you grab the tape, rip it out, and smash it underfoot. The screen goes black. The present floods back in.

Core Insight

The mind drags past pain into the present, looping it until your nervous system can’t tell time. But memories aren’t commands. Breaking the loop restores the present as reality.

Saturday Experiment

  1. When an old memory replays, pause and name the year.
  2. Whisper: That’s then, not now.
  3. Ground into one thing in the present — a sound, a texture, a breath.

Sunday Reflection

  • What memories does your mind keep replaying?
  • How do you feel when you name the year?
  • What’s different when the loop breaks?