Must you forget to forgive? A scientist tests the relationship | Psyche Ideas
“I’ve been considering the subtle forgetting required to heal from grief, or weather difficult transitions, or grant forgiveness (and ask for it). I’ve thought of our collective obsession with “time” as a healer, and the extent to which that simply entails forgetting. I’ve thought about forgetting the pain of childbirth—then having another. I’ve
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The Antidote to the Irreversibility of Life: Hannah Arendt on What Forgiveness Really Means
Maria Popovathemarginalian.orgResearch has indicated that forgiving others for wrongs they have done to you is generally associated with better mental health, greater hope, and possibly better physical health (Wade, Hoyt, Kidwell, and Worthington, 2014; Toussaint et al., 2015; VanderWeele, 2018).