How many of us have fake memories?

[Aquarius]

My sibling and I were arguing over a childhood memory. She then went on to call me a liar. I didn't mind, because I read in an article that siblings in childhood fight over parents attention, in adulthood they fight over memories. Each member of the family can have a different memory of the same event.

Now this research http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/how-many-of-your-...

I'm taken aback. So some of the terrible memories aren't real?! What about the happy ones? What of those memories in which only two people were there- me and a deceased parent, I can't even have someone corroborate them.

What do you guys make of this research?

[S K]

I think there is a kernel of truth in each statement so I do think it is partially true. Thinking and re-thinking tends to distort events,especially dramatic situations (whether positive or negative) which have a tendency to stay with us after the event.