Sublime

Shy/timid/introverted

Adam recalls something he learned in graduate school: memory is always a collaboration in progress.

They store each episode through synaptic changes, so we can remember it later.

Gangs, extremist political parties, and religious cults may provide solace, but they rarely foster the mental flexibility needed to be fully open to what life has to offer and as such cannot liberate their members from their traumas. Well-functioning

Our task is to recognize when we have thoughts, emotions or physical responses that are destructive, negative or harmful—and then do something about it.